Modulation of spinal reflexes by aversive and sexually appetitive stimuli

Psychophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-183

  Both, Stephanie ^a   Everaerd, Walter ^a   Laan, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Motivation; Reflex modulation; Sexual arousal; T reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SPINAL REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; APPETITE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037342478     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00019     Document Type: Article

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