Sexual Arousal and Desire: Interrelations and Responses to Three Modalities of Sexual Stimuli

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2315-2329

  Goldey, Katherine L ^a   Van Anders, Sari M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Erotica; Fantasy; Gender; Outcome Measurements of Desire; Sex; Sexual Arousal; Sexual Desire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IMAGINED SOCIAL SITUATION EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84865756336     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02845.x     Document Type: Article

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