Sex Can Be Beneficial To Brain Health? Here's An Expert Explanation

JAKARTA - Having sex is not only for satisfaction and increasing intimacy with partners. Sex is also beneficial for the overall health of the body, including the brain.

Neuralist, Dr. Rachel Taylor, says that sex is beneficial for increasing blood flow to the brain. This has a good impact on the brain managing emotions, and making the mind more positive.

"Sex increases blood flow to the part of the brain that processes emotions, and also reduces the size of the nucleus in the brain that screens the situation of fear and anxiety, which helps us to be more flexible and positive in thinking," Rachel said, quoted from the Saga page, on Friday, September 19, 2025.

By having sex, various hormones of happiness, such as endorphins and dopamines, will increase. This increase in hormones has a good impact on energy and feelings.

"We get good doses of oxytocin, dopamine, and endorphins, and that increase gives us energy, positive feelings, and motivation. We all need more of that in our lives," he added.

The increase in dopamine that occurs with sex helps improve cognitive function and brain cell growth that contributs to stronger memory. Healthy and active brain through sex will show a better speed of information processing, as well as the ability to face higher mental challenges.

In addition, routine sexual activity, especially in the elderly, can correlate with better cognitive functions and lower potentials have decreased cognitively, which is associated with dementia.