Is sexual concordance related to awareness of physiological states?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 199-208

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interoception; Penile plethysmography; Sexual arousal; Sexual concordance; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA;

EID: 84859003492     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9931-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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