Sexual arousal: The correspondence of eyes and genitals

Biological Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-64

  Rieger, Gerulf ^a   Cash, Brian M ^b   Merrill, Sarah M ^b   Jones Rounds, James ^b   Dharmavaram, Sanjay Muralidharan ^b   Savin Williams, Ritch C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital arousal; Pupil dilation; Sex differences; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PUPIL REFLEX; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BISEXUALITY; EMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; LIBIDO; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PUPIL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916880320     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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