Research on the medial preoptic area suggests that the physical ability to engage in sexual behavior and the underlying motivation to do so may be mediated by distinct and separate neural systems.

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Despite losing the physical ability to engage in sex, male rats with lesions in the medial preoptic area remain highly motivated to seek out and expend effort to access sexually receptive females.

Medial Preoptic Area Lesions and Sexual Motivation

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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