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when does a erection occur?
An erection can occur at anytime, though most erections often occur during:

  1. Sexual arousal
  2. full urinary bladder
  3. REM sleep phase

Erections are the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, hormonal and vascular conditions.




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