MRI SCANS TAKE A LOOK AT INTERNAL ORGANS DURING SEX
Sex-ray vision: Video reveals the inner workings of kissing and intercourse filmed using an MRI scanner The MRI scanner footage was compiled by news site Vox It details MRI images of a couple kissing, as well as the inner workings of sex Both the kissing and sex clips were created using scans stitched together Kissing clips reveals the movement of the tongues as they enter the mouths While, the intercourse video reveals the shape and movement of a penis when a couple is lying in missionary position The MRI sex footage won the Ig Nobel Prize in 2000
Thanks to MRI scanners, doctors can see how our bodies work in unprecedented ways.
But while they’re predominantly used to diagnose brain disorders, or discover what’s causing a persistent cough, for example, experts are also using them to learn more about more intimate movements.
Now a video has compiled the most insightful and interesting ways doctors have used these scanners to reveal what happens inside our mouths when we kiss, as well as the inner workings of of sex.
The kissing video, entitled ‘The anatomy of kissing and love in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner’ was uploaded by YouTube user Randomhero - but the original source is not listed.
The clip reveals what the video’s describes as the first time a French kiss has been captured in an MRI scanner.
It was recorded using a tesla field strength of three - a scale that determines how strong the magnets in the scanner are, ranging from 0.2 to seven.
The clip reveals the movement of the tongues as they enter the other person’s mouth, as well as the heart rates of both members increasing throughout.
In a separate clip, the Vox video also reveals what sex looks like through an MRI scanner, using a couple filmed in the missionary position.
This video was actually recorded during the 1960s by Dutch doctor Pek Van Andel in a hospital in Groningen.
Both the kissing and the sex video were created using hundreds of still MRI images stitched together to form a time-lapse.
Dr Van Andel, alongside gynaecology Professor Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, anthropologist Ida Sabelis and radiologist, Eduard Mooyaart, used the images as the basis of a scientific paper in 1999 called Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal.
The purpose of the study was to discover whether imaging of the male and female genitals during coitus was feasible.
They also wanted to find out whether ‘former and current ideas about the anatomy during sexual intercourse and during female sexual arousal were based on assumptions or on facts’.
In particular, they wanted to address claims made by Robert Latou Dickinson in 1933 that the penis formed an S shape when inside a female during sex.
They also studied the claims that the volume of the uterus increases during sexual arousal, as proposed by William Master and Virginia Johnson in 1964.
As a result of their research, the team concluded: ‘What started as artistic and scientific curiosity has now been realised.
‘We have shown that magnetic resonance images of the female sexual response and the male and female genitals during coitus are feasible and beautiful; that the penis during intercourse in the ‘missionary position’ has the shape of a boomerang and not of an S as drawn by Dickinson; and that, in contrast to the findings of Masters and Johnson, there was no evidence of an increase in the volume of the uterus during sexual arousal.’
A year later, the team won an Ig Nobel Prize.
Other everyday human functions revealed in the Vox video include swallowing, talking in different languages, playing the trumpet, and defecating.
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My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)
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The main house, known as Rising Lodge, can be dated back to 1588 as the residence and meeting place for persons of note. It is reputed to be on the site of the Kings hunting lodge and it grew with increasing success into a large working farm. In the 1970s and 80s it fell into disrepair and was purchased by the present owners and converted into a hotel. Knights Barn Conference and Banqueting Centre is an unrivalled venue for conferences, meetings, product launches, trade shows, exhibitions, banqueting and weddings. Above is the Hayloft, ideal for small groups and parties. Imagine will offer the finest contemporary day spa experience in the region and along with the refurbished health club, will offer the very latest in heat and water therapies combined with dedicated therapist treatments including massages and facials. Set in 11 acres of its own grounds on one of the highest points in West Norfolk and close to historic Kings Lynn, this hotel offers excellent leisure facilities. Best Western Knights Hill Hotel offers a fantastic location, within easy reach of the Queens private residence of Sandringham and the North Norfolk coast, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Garden Restaurant and Bar offers you stylish surroundings and fine views. Also on site is the Farmers Arms inn and restaurant, open all day for bar snacks, lunch and dinner. Converted from old stables with exposed beams, cobbled floor areas numerous nooks crannies, it has the feel of a traditional country inn. As a guest of the hotel you will receive temporary membership of the hotels exclusive health and leisure club. Facilities include an indoor pool, spa bath, steam room, fitness studio and tennis courts.
Hotel Features
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Room Service, Air Conditioned, Non-Smoking Rooms, Refrigerator, Cable / Satellite TV, Kitchenette, Coffee / Tea Maker, Microwave, Hair Dryer, TV, En suite, Private Bathroom, Packed Lunches, Breakfast in the Room, Family Room
Activities
Fitness Room/Gym, Swimming pool, Massage / Beauty Centre, Tennis Courts, Sauna, Spa bath / Jacuzzi, Garden, Hiking, Fitness Facilities, Jacuzzi, Steam Room, Massage, Pool Indoor
Services
Business Center, Concierge, Dry Cleaning, Banquet Facilities, Conference Room(s), Safe-Deposit Box, Meeting Rooms, Photocopier, Facsimile, Executive Floor, Luggage Storage, Self Laundry
Internet
High-speed Internet is available at this hotel. Wireless internet on site.
Parking
The hotel has free parking.
Check-in
From 2:00 PM
Check-out
Prior to 11:00 AM
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