Feelings of Disgust and Disgust-Induced Avoidance Weaken following Induced Sexual Arousal in Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Borg, Charmaine ^a   de Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84866321613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044111     Document Type: Article

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