SynthesisArchives of sexual behavior2023
Neuroelectric Correlates of Human Sexuality: A Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Neuroaffective Processing of Sexually Relevant Images in Hetero- and Homosexual Women and Men: Subjective, Pupillometric, and Magnetoencephalographic Correlates.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Choosiness as a Predictor of Sexual (In)frequency in Single Heterosexual Adults.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- The standardization of a new Explicit Pornographic Picture Set (EPPS).Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Dark Tetrad personality traits, paraphilic interests, and the role of impulsivity: an EEG-study using a Go/No-Go paradigm.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Early adversity and sexual diversity: the importance of self-reported and neurobiological sexual reward sensitivity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in Sexual Motivation in Humans and Other Mammals: The Role of Conscious and Unconscious Processes.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Female Affective Perception of Mainstream and Paraphilic Pornography: Associations with Sexual and Psychological Intrapersonal Variables.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Interplay between sexual excitation and inhibition: impact on sexual function and neural correlates of erotic stimulus processing in women.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- Neuroelectrical Activity and Sexual Stimluation: Deconstructing a Tower of Babel.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Conceptualizing Neural Responses to Sexual Stimuli.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- The Role of Atypical Sexual Preference and Behavior in Neuroelectrophysiological Research of Human Sexual Behavior.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Automaticity of Early Sexual Attention: An Event-Related Potential Study.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2022Article
- A Case of Female Orgasm Without Genital Stimulation.Sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Electrophysiological Evidence of Enhanced Processing of Novel Pornographic Images in Individuals With Tendencies Toward Problematic Internet Pornography Use.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Neuroticism and Attention Toward Sexual and Non-Sexual Images During an Oddball Task: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Archives at 50 Years.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Magnetoencephalographic correlates of pornography consumption: Associations with indicators of compulsive sexual behaviors.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Many reviews on sexual arousal in humans focus on different brain imaging methods and behavioral observations. Although neurotransmission in the brain is mainly performed through electrochemical signals, there are no systematic reviews of the electrophysiological correlates of sexual arousal. We performed a systematic search on this subject and reviewed 255 studies including various electrophysiological methods. Our results show how neuroelectric signals have been used to investigate genital somatotopy as well as basic genital physiology during sexual arousal and how cortical electric signals have been recorded during orgasm. Moreover, experiments on the interactions of cognition and sexual arousal in healthy subjects and in individuals with abnormal sexual preferences were analyzed as well as case studies on sexual disturbances associated with diseases of the nervous system. In addition, 25 studies focusing on brain potentials during the interaction of cognition and sexual arousal were eligible for meta-analysis. The results showed significant effect sizes for specific brain potentials during sexual stimulation (P3: Cohen's d = 1.82, N = 300, LPP: Cohen's d = 2.30, N = 510) with high heterogeneity between the combined studies. Taken together, our review shows how neuroelectric methods can consistently differentiate sexual arousal from other emotional states.
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