Jasmine wants to make a fully sexually functional robot. Describe which brain areas from humans or other animals she will want to include (or mimic the action of) to accomplish this goal. Also explain what functions each of the included brain areas have.
What will be an ideal response?
Jasmine's robot will need to include something like the medial amygdala in order to ensure that the robot can engage in copulation and respond to sexual cues such as a potential sexual partner in its environment. The robot will also need something like the medial preoptic area, which releases dopamine in animals in response to medial amygdala activity, in order for the robot to engage in copulation. Without something like this structure, the robot may have sexual motivation but fail to engage in sexual activity with another being. The robot will need something like the paraventricular nucleus in order to experience sexual orgasms and to achieve an erection, if the robot has male-type genitals. Having a structure similar to the sexually dimorphic nucleus may be needed for the robot to integrate sensory information with other internal signals related to sex, if the robot has something like hormones.
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