Women's interest in visual sexual stimuli varies with menstrual cycle phase at first exposure and predicts later interest

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Wallen, Kim ^a   Rupp, Heather A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Menstrual cycle; Oral contraceptives; Sexual arousal; Viewing time; Visual sexual stimuli

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODULATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DESIRE; SEXUALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EROTICA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749092786     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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