Differential processing of social chemosignals obtained from potential partners in regards to gender and sexual orientation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-387

  Lübke, Katrin T ^a   Hoenen, Matthias ^a   Pause, Bettina M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body odor; Chemosensory communication; Chemosensory event related potentials; Mate choice; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY ODOR; CELL ACTIVATION; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL; ODOR; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856233645     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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