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Article: Automatic Processes and the Appraisal of Sexual Stimuli: Toward an Information Processing Model of Sexual Arousal.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Sexual arousal can be conceptualized as a complex triad involving physiological, psychological (cognitive and affective), and behavioral components (Rosen & Beck, 1988). Instances of discordance between the components highlight the complexity of the mechanisms involved. Psychophysiological studies have shown that correlations between genital responses and subjective sexual arousal are variable, both between and within subjects (Janssen & Everaerd, 1993). Genital responses have been found to be easily elicited in sexually functional men and women, even under ostensibly unfavorable experimental conditions such as performance demand and anxiety, and when sexual stimuli induce ...