Attentional and affective processing of sexual stimuli in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-905

  Brauer, Marieke ^a   Van Leeuwen, Matthijs ^b   Janssen, Erick ^c   Newhouse, Sarah K ^c   Heiman, Julia R ^c   Laan, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic affective associations; Hypoactive sexual desire disorder; Implicit measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864109829     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9820-7     Document Type: Article

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