Does erotic stimulus presentation design affect brain activation patterns? Event-related vs. blocked fMRI designs

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bühler, Mira ^a,b   Vollstädt Klein, Sabine ^b   Klemen, Jane ^c   Smolka, Michael N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 49749110719     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-4-30     Document Type: Article

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