terça-feira, dezembro 26

Can sex become compulsive?

Sexual obsessions and compulsions are recurrent, distressing and interfere with daily functioning. Many people suffer from these problems, but finding consensus about them among sexual scientists or treatment professionals, is not easy. Sexual scientists have used various terms to describe this phenomenon: hypersexuality, erotomania, nymphomania, satyriasis, and most recently sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior. The terminology has often implied different values, attitudes, and theoretical orientations. While there are many types of compulsive sexual behavior, they can be divided into two main types: paraphilic and non-paraphilic CSB.

@ http://www.health24.com

Android studies could shine a light onto Autism

MacDorman worked with Ishiguro on the development of Repliee Q1Expo, an android that was introduced to the world at the 2005 World Exposition in Aizu, Japan.
'One advantage of using an android as an experimental apparatus is that it can be more precisely controlled than a human actor. It also has a physical presence, which is lacked by a video or computer simulation of a human being. An android offers a good balance between experimental control and ecological validity because it looks more human than other devices and can support more humanlike interaction while still being precisely controllable. The challenge today is to develop 'mindful' machines that use [physical] movements that can be experienced as expressions of purpose and intention."

@ Indiana University School of Informatics

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Senhora, Dona & Menina.

Permitir o que é, para que o seja.
O desejo de te ter sem te possuir.
Vem a mim e diz-me que és tu.
Só assim serei eu, perdida em nós.

Human altruism.. in the end is always the sex.

In every society, humans make personal sacrifices for others with no expectation that it will be reciprocated. For example, we donate to charity, or care for the sick and disabled. This trait is extremely rare in the natural world, unless there is a family relationship or later reciprocation. The origin of human altruism has puzzled evolutionary biologists for many years...
Although Bowles admits that he has found no evidence for any gene for human altruism, he says that if such a genetic disposition were to exist, group conflict would have played an important role in its development. Monogamy would also level the playing field within the group, he showed in his statistical analysis. “Monogamy limits the ability of the stronger or more aggressive males to monopolise copulation,” says Bowles. “Humans are very unusual in this way.”

@ NewScientist.com