Opposed hemispheric specializations for human hypersexuality and orgasm?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Suffren, Sabrina ^a   Braun, Claude M J ^a   Guimond, Anik ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemispheric specialization; Hypersexuality; Ictal orgasm; Lesion

Indexed keywords

HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; ORGASM; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955617106     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.023     Document Type: Review

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