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Published online 21 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040119-4
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Brain size matters for sex
The fear centre finds a role in arousal.
Researchers have suggested that size matters when it comes to sex - the size of part of the brain, that is1.
According to David Reutens at the University of Melbourne, Australia, a person's sex drive may be proportional to the size of their amygdala, a small 'emotion' centre nestled at the base of the brain.
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