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  • Scientists: masturbation not as good as sex

    02/24/2006 4:03:14 AM PST · by texas booster · 88 replies · 2,562+ views
    The Register (Geeks ,,, Who Else?) ^ | Thursday 23rd February 2006 | Chris Williams
    *** And you thought you just weren't doing it right *** A swift one off the wrist - easy, convenient, refreshing - but just not the same as the real thing, perhaps. Reporting in the journal Biological Psychology, researchers have now found a basis in physiology for the niggling dissatisfaction. Levels of the hormone prolactin are lower after masturbation than intercourse. Prolactin makes us feel satisfied by counteracting the arousal messenger dopamine. The levels of prolactin in the blood of subjects who committed an act of self-pollution after watching grumble flicks were just one fifth of those who had had...