Sex differences in patterns of genital sexual arousal: Measurement artifacts or true phenomena?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-573

  Suschinsky, Kelly D ^a   Lalumière, Martin L ^a   Chivers, Meredith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Category specificity; Concordance; Phallometry; Sex differences; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS; VAGINA; VIDEOTAPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651173211     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9339-8     Document Type: Article

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