To all the geeks who think a ridiculous PowerPoint deck, multiple choice poll questions, and an extensive bibliography sounds like a good time, this one’s for you! Extreme science nerd Shay will provide a broad overview of their favorite kink-related (or kink-applicable, or even just too damned interesting to leave out) studies and geeky tidbits and relate these to a ridiculously broad array of BDSM topics. From cognitive biases to hedonic reversal to pain processing to mirror neurons, we’ll examine questions as basic as “why are we into this kinky stuff, anyway” and as specific as “what is the science behind intermittent positive reinforcement” and “how does disgust relate to arousal?” For science!

Online only, 07/19 at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern, via Wicked Grounds

Advance tickets are required––get them here!