Quote Originally Posted by tessa View Post

Upon viewing the scenes presented in that study, multiple areas of the female brain, collectively even, will respond on some level. Women see the monkey scene and think, [I]"I remember when my first true love took me to the zoo and we spent the whole day laughing and talking...then later, he bought me a beautiful red rose in front of the restaurant where he told me he loved me for the first time...and later on that night, we made sweet, sweet love."

I liked you post very much. However, I am curious about the 'collective' function which that study was trying to map versus your explanation regarding a positive memory link. If a woman had a negative link, then the 'collective' arousal would not pan out. Or am I missing something here.