The amygdala is very important for forming associations between inputs and outputs; that is, it helps attach meaning to stimuli. Therefore, sexual and other stimuli can become associated with different incentives but also with aversive stimuli, and these connections can shape sexual behavior. Therefore, amygdalae can influence the appearance of an oversensitive threat response or attachment to sexual stimuli.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Aristotle believed that reproduction can be sexual, asexual, and a result of spontaneous generation. Speaking of sexual reproduction, he came to the conclusion that male semen contains the essence of a child, and females only help the development of a child. Therefore, women were perceived as human incubators, which was actually a dominant outlook for several millennia. Galen, who was a physician, was ahead of his time, believing that females also produce a seed, and reproduction happens through a combination of male sperm and female seed, which he believed is released after pleasurable intercourse. It was a very unusual theory at the time, and it didn’t have too much influence, as spontaneous generation from male semen was believed to be the mode of reproduction for hundreds of years to come. Almost two millennia later, Harvey proposed that all animals are a result of a female egg—more precisely, its merging and interaction with male sperm