NewScientist reporter Kayt Sukel had an orgasm for her latest story, all in the name of science (of course!) She was participating in research at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where scientists are trying to unlock the secrets of female climax by studying what goes on in the brain during stimulation and orgasm. According to Sukel’s first-person article, “it is estimated that one in four women in the US has had difficulty achieving orgasm in the past year, while between 5 and 10 per cent of women are anorgasmic—unable to achieve orgasm at all.”

Kayt is clearly not one of those women who has any difficulty reaching orgasm, even while strapped into an MRI scanner. And we enjoyed looking at her brain scan. Who wouldn’t?

“Orgasm is a special case of consciousness,” said Barry Komisaruk of Rutgers. “If we can look at different ways of inducing orgasm, we may better understand how we can use top-down processing to control what we physically feel.”

Got that, everyone? Top-down processing! Um … okay, the scientific lingo is not working for us. But everyone’s different.