We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Scientifically speaking, though, just how many orgasms are there? For others, like neuroscientist and psychophysiologist Nicole Prause , identifying a physical response is key. Knowing what, exactly, an orgasm is seems like a reasonable basis for determining where it originates and ultimately manifests — the apparent mission of proselytizers of increasingly elaborate orgasm types.