Hanna Rosin

Ever since viewing screens entered the home, many observers have worried that they put our brains into a stupor. An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves - indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.

Israeli Author

P. J. O'Rourke

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.

American Comedian

Douglas Coupland

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Canadian Author

Used when an abrupt event or noise interrupts sleep or inattention.

Sudden Awakenings

It can refer to the process of becoming mentally engaged or interested in something.

Mental Alertness

Sometimes used metaphorically for non-physical 'awakening' like awareness of issues.

Metaphorical Use

Arousal is not always pleasant; it can be a reaction to fear, stress, or anger.

Not Always Positive

Often linked with physical indicators like increased breathing, sweat or heart rate.

Physical Signs

Can be used to describe becoming emotionally invested or riled up.

Emotionally Charged

Sexual arousal is a private matter, not typically discussed in general or formal contexts.

Privacy and Context

Be aware that openness about sexual arousal varies greatly across cultures.

Cultural Sensitivity

Commonly used to talk about feelings between romantic partners or in dating.

In Romantic Contexts

 Otherwise -- arousal nonconcordance. Your genital behavior just doesn't necessarily predict your subjective experience of liking and wanting. Another friend, back in college, told me about her first experiences of power play in a sexual relationship. She told me that her partner tied her up with her arms over her head like this, she's standing up and he positions her

The truth about unwanted...

 hunt is often all-consuming throughout that whole process there's a high there's a neurochemical arousal that blocks out everything else and so for Janice you know the idea that I can completely devote myself to the pursuit of this sexual conquest is a way to block out everything else in her life

Sex Addiction PIPE Taboo

 in reward and motivation. We know it targets certain parts of a rodent's brain, including those involved in sexual arousal. But how those puzzle pieces fit together is not immediately clear. What is clear is that this thing is a single cell. This has no nervous system. It has no consciousness.

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 When I first started doing research on arousal and desire, I learned that for women, cognition is as important to arousal as the presence of sexual stimuli. In other words, using their memories, fantasies and some focus, women can turn themselves on with their thoughts.

The Relationship Between...

 addiction is not it's a number of hours you do something addiction arousal is you want variety one change to be addicted to anything means you would rather be doing that than anything in the world and when you're not doing it that's what you're thinking about doing

The Demise of Guys PIPE...

 a theory about motivation and the mood we're in and how the mood we're in determines the things we like or dislike. When we're in a playful mood, we want excitement. We want high arousal. We feel excited then. If we're in a purposeful mood, that makes us anxious.

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...

 this was the minority, we may be tempted to just dismiss it as irrelevant, odd, creepy, weird crow behavior. But what may surprise you is that behaviors like aggression or even sexual arousal aren't all that rare, and certainly aren't constrained to just crows.

What crows teach us...

 a neurotransmitter that modulates our moods. This effectively pushes more of it into the neural network. Meanwhile, painkillers, like morphine, raise levels of serotonin and noradrenaline, which regulate energy, arousal, alertness, and pleasure.

How do drugs affect the...

 there's another thing a strange bit of elephant biology that can turn a normally docile elephant into an unpredictable and lethal defender every year male elephants going to a state of sexual arousal their testicles double in

Lucky to survive an...

 What can we do? It's not so easy. Well, one of the ways that we can start is to try to come up with some general characteristics or properties of emotion-like states such as arousal, and see if we can identify