Direct gaze of photographs of female nudes influences startle in men

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-114

  Lass Hennemann, Johanna ^a   Schulz, André ^a   Nees, Frauke ^a   Blumenthal, Terry D ^b   Schachinger, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective startle modulation; Erotic stimuli; Gaze contact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUDISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849092830     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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