Assessment of sexual interest using a choice reaction time task and priming: A feasibility study

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-82

  Santtila, Pekka ^a   Mokros, Andreas ^b   Viljanen, Klaus ^c   Koivisto, Mika ^c   Sandnabba, N Kenneth ^a   Zappalà, Angelo ^d   Osterheider, Michael ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Center of Forensic Psychology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HABITUATION; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67649922207     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X267040     Document Type: Article

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