Sex differences in visual attention to erotic and non-erotic stimuli

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-228

  Lykins, Amy D ^a   Meana, Marta ^a   Strauss, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erotic stimuli; Sex differences; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; EROTICA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41049097172     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9208-x     Document Type: Article

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