The pleasure of sex: An empirical investigation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-353

  Pinkerton, Steven D ^a   Cecil, Heather ^b   Bogart, Laura M ^c   Abramson, Paul R ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT;

EID: 0037372049     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930302291     Document Type: Review

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