Judith Horstman is writer author of “The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain,” talks about change and talks about love and sex and she has hope for the Boomers.
Some of the things Horstman has learned have surprised her. “The brain takes up 2 percent of the body, but uses 20 percent of the body’s energy,” she said. “Everything happens in the brain. Your body is a conduit, and the body and mind connect.”
Yes, it is true that the brain is the most important sexual organ.
“It all happens in the brain,” Horstman said. “Our bodies feel the sensations.”
And it’s changing all the time. “That’s why you can form habits and break them. That’s the good news and the bad news.
“I think the brain is Buddhist,” she said. “Buddhism says everything is change, and boy, your brain sure changes.”Horstman’s latest book, “The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain,” will come out at the end of May.
“It has a lot of good news about how a normal brain ages, but also talks about some things that can go wrong and gives a great deal of the latest research about what we can do to preserve the brain as we age,” she said.
People in their 90s still have a keen interest in sex and have a desire for sex,” Horstman said. “How much of that they’re doing, we don’t know because it’s self-reported, but people are still interested.
“The capacity for love remains throughout your life. It may be people who have been disappointed in love give up in that arena, but they tend to have great love with their animal companions or a strong love of God. We’re born to love — oh, yes, absolutely.”
Some of the things Horstman has learned have surprised her. “The brain takes up 2 percent of the body, but uses 20 percent of the body’s energy,” she said. “Everything happens in the brain. Your body is a conduit, and the body and mind connect.”
Yes, it is true that the brain is the most important sexual organ.
“It all happens in the brain,” Horstman said. “Our bodies feel the sensations.”
And it’s changing all the time. “That’s why you can form habits and break them. That’s the good news and the bad news.
“I think the brain is Buddhist,” she said. “Buddhism says everything is change, and boy, your brain sure changes.”Horstman’s latest book, “The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain,” will come out at the end of May.
“It has a lot of good news about how a normal brain ages, but also talks about some things that can go wrong and gives a great deal of the latest research about what we can do to preserve the brain as we age,” she said.
People in their 90s still have a keen interest in sex and have a desire for sex,” Horstman said. “How much of that they’re doing, we don’t know because it’s self-reported, but people are still interested.
“The capacity for love remains throughout your life. It may be people who have been disappointed in love give up in that arena, but they tend to have great love with their animal companions or a strong love of God. We’re born to love — oh, yes, absolutely.”
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