The Science of 'Morning Wood'

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The Sex-Ed class you never got in school! Why do men tend to wake up with "morning wood"? We look at the hard facts and some of the biology of an erection, to discover the mechanism behind this phenomenon.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Music by Mitchell Moffit
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Art by Gregory and Mitchell
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Sources----

Sexual arousal:
1) http://joe.endocrinology-journals.org...

Sleep:
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep

NPT and impotence:
3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33...

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  Science & Technology

[LanIost]

I don't know if I'd consider it 'waking up to a pleasant surprise.' ...

[Cybeonix]

Long distance urination. You have to adjust for angle and sometimes wind resistance. Reminds me of playing the Artillery game as a kid.

Oh, don't forget to run toward the toilet as your bladder empties ;)

[explosivetacobomb bro]

How does magic work

[pefhra]

I'd like to know what specifically gets "recharged" during sleep

[aaron6001cp]

Just notice in the description "We look at the hard facts" lol

[lexiluvsjb03]

what the chapstick

[ALID312]

How does breast cancer enter and effect the female body?

[dinesh veera]

its nice video thanks. i have a question. if a person standing at just top of the north pole with a magnet compass. what will show in compass?

[JakeDaVGM]

good question... I want to know that too!

[Tom Penney]

Question... Anyway to increase testosterone? Naturally?

[Jack Mcford]

I have a question.

Why do we dream?