The chronoarchitecture of human sexual desire: A high-density electrical mapping study

NeuroImage

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Ortigue, Stephanie ^a   Bianchi Demicheli, Francesco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain microstates; Brain plasticity; Extrastriate body area; Hemispheric specialization; High density electrical neuroimaging; Human; Intention; Interpersonal relationships; Self consciousness; Self expansion model; Sexual desire; Social cognitive neuroscience; Temporo parietal junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STIMULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249113132     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.07.059     Document Type: Article

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