Neurodevelopmental correlates of paraphilic sexual interests in men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Rahman, Qazi ^a,b   Symeonides, Deano J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; Developmental instability; Handedness; Males; Maternal immunity; Paraphilia; Sexual fantasy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FINGER; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PATERNAL AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FANTASY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; PEDOPHILIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 38349112937     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9255-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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