Hot or not: Response inhibition reduces the hedonic value and motivational incentive of sexual stimuli

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Ferrey, Anne E ^a   Frischen, Alexandra ^a   Fenske, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective devaluation; Incentive salience; Motivation; Response inhibition; Sexual attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874576369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00575     Document Type: Article

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