Stories by Martin Portner

Martin Portner is a neurologist living in Brazil. He is author of Inteligência Sexual (Sexual Intelligence, Editora Gente, 1999). Portner lectures and leads workshops on the brain and creativity.

Mind

A Key to Orgasm: Some Brain Areas Have to Go Quiet

Achieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals—and the eventual silencing of critical brain areas

March 4, 2016 — Martin Portner

Mind

The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure

Achieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals—and the eventual silencing of critical brain areas

May 15, 2008 — Martin Portner