Relationship between testosterone and interest in sexual stimuli: The effect of experience

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-589

  Rupp, Heather A ^a   Wallen, Kim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual motivation; Sexual stimuli; Testosterone; Viewing time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HABITUATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STIMULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 36049026507     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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