Seasons

Well, it's nice to know that at least we have made a great deal of progress!

Bev:

Sometime ago, Bev, you said there was some research showing that solving a difficult intellectual problem was similar to [blush!]. May I trouble you for a reference on that?

Not world wide. There are still countries where the same rules of rape apply. Even in the "enlightened" countries people still think in terms of "she deserved it".

Irina, it was specifically math and it released endorphins (much like a runners high or that thing that suddenly makes you blush, oh shy and innocent child). Let me look and see if I can Google it.

Irina, It's not popping up right away. The study I read must be old by now. If I find it later I will post. I will also look for dopamine and pleasure center issues connected to solving math problems.

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Thanks, Bev! [blush!]

Irinai YW but sorry kiddo. It probably one of those studies that hit the press when they come out because of the fun of saying "math leads to brain orgasm" (no matter what details are lost in that summary), but it doesn't seem to be very important in terms of brain science.
I didn't see it with a relatively easy search or two, and I just am not going to take the time to track it down or pay to get into the APA's database or other databases likely to have it. Feel free to believe I imagined the whole thing if you want to do so. I give up my half-hearted search for a citation.

There's this:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l06n7t007474707u/

and this:

http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/intellectual_orgasms.html

TY Alan. You used "orgasm" as a search term, didn't you?

..And what else would math be listen under?