Reduced labial temperature in response to sexual films with distractors among women with lower sexual Desire

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages 951-963

  Prause, Nicole ^a   Heiman, Julia ^b,c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gender and Reproduction   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; Hypoactive sexual desire disorder; Labial temperature; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABIA MINUS TEMPERATURE; LIBIDO; NORMAL HUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; THERMISTOR; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EROTICA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649093777     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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