Sexual picture processing interferes with decision-making under ambiguity

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-482

  Laier, Christian ^a   Pawlikowski, Mirko ^a   Brand, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Iowa Gambling Task; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EROTICA; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896393115     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0119-8     Document Type: Article

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