Gender difference in brain activation to audio-visual sexual stimulation; Do women and men experience the same level of arousal in response to the same video clip?

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 138-142

  Chung, W S ^a   Lim, S M ^a   Yoo, J H ^a   Yoon, H ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

audio visual stimulation; functional brain MRI; gender; sexual response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COITUS; EROTICA; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGASM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84880328387     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2012.47     Document Type: Article

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