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Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'
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| Sunday, 12 April 2009
Posted on 04/12/2009 5:00:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Scientists say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch. A team, including scientists from the Unilever company, have identified a class of nerve fibres in the skin which specifically send pleasure messages. And people had to be stroked at a certain speed - 4-5cm per second - to activate the pleasure sensation.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: pleasure
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To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

I'd rather not know how he's intending to pleasure himself with that pyramid.
To: martin_fierro
I was just listening to that one here in my car.
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04/12/2009 8:08:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Dallas59
I heard it causes hairy palms.
To: martin_fierro; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; NYC GOP Chick; ...
Scientists find 'pleasure nerves',I thought most of us found those at puberty.
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04/12/2009 11:26:48 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
To: Dr. Sivana
What did they take to feel good in Brave New World? Soma. And remember, "A gram is better than a damn."
What did they take to feel good in Brave New World?
Soma. And remember, "A gram is better than a damn."
Thanks, doc. Is this the cyber equivalent of "take two and call me in the am?
To: the invisib1e hand
To: martin_fierro
" I'd rather not know how he's intending to pleasure himself with that pyramid."
That's a dude?
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04/13/2009 5:09:37 PM PDT
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RightOnTheLeftCoast
(1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
To: martin_fierro
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04/13/2009 5:11:41 PM PDT
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RightOnTheLeftCoast
(1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
To: the invisib1e hand
Thanks, doc. Is this the cyber equivalent of "take two and call me in the am?
No, just an unfortunate side-effect of the repetitive sleep-training.
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04/14/2009 4:55:50 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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