The setting is an undergraduate classroom at a large public Southern University where 640 students are enrolled in a class on Human Sexuality and Culture. On the second day of class, the professor ...

Whether it's food or sex, pleasurable activity provides more than just pleasure, researchers say. It actually reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety responses in the brain. Whether it's food or sex, ...

Oral sex is standard practice in sexual encounters among young people today, but how much do people really love giving versus getting head, does this differ between hookups and romantic encounters, ...

During her training as a clinical psychologist, Prof. Andrea King was taught the standard theory about alcoholism: Individuals who drink to excess develop tolerance to the substance, requiring them to ...

A new study out of the University of Chicago Medicine following young adult drinkers for 10 years has found that individuals who reported the highest sensitivity to alcohol's pleasurable and rewarding ...

A new study following young adult drinkers for 10 years has found that individuals who reported the highest sensitivity to alcohol's pleasurable and rewarding effects at the start of the trial were ...