Who, what, where, when (and maybe even why)? How the experience of sexual reward connects sexual desire, preference, and performance

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-62

  Pfaus, James G ^a   Kippin, Tod E ^b   Coria Avila, Genaro A ^c   Gelez, Hélène ^d   Afonso, Veronica M ^e   Ismail, Nafissa ^f   Parada, Mayte ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Critical periods; Dopamine; Opioids; Sexual preference; Sexual reward

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REVIEW; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84859008889     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9935-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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