Use of sexual stimuli in research and clinical settings: expert opinion and recommendations

MA Katz, TL Penniston, C Barry, N Micanovic… - Sexual …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Sexual stimuli, such as sexual videos, images, and narratives describing sexual
interactions, are one of many tools used by clinicians and researchers to elicit or augment …

Neuroendocrinology of sexual behavior

A Ågmo - International Journal of Impotence Research, 2022 - nature.com
One of the consequences of sexual behavior is reproduction. Thus, this behavior is essential
for the survival of the species. However, the individual engaged in sexual behavior is rarely …

Women and men with distressing low sexual desire exhibit sexually dimorphic brain processing

N Ertl, EG Mills, MB Wall, L Thurston, L Yang… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Distressing low sexual desire, termed Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD), affects
approximately 10% of women and 8% of men. In women, the 'top-down'theory of HSDD …

The standardization of a new Explicit Pornographic Picture Set (EPPS)

S Prantner, C Giménez-García, A Espino-Payá… - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
Pictures with affective content have been extensively used in scientific studies of emotion
and sexuality. However, only a few standardized picture sets have been developed that offer …

Representation Gap in Standardized Affective Stimuli Sets: A Systematic Literature Review of Visual Sexual Stimuli

S Prantner, C Giménez-García, A Espino-Payá… - Sexuality & Culture, 2024 - Springer
Visual sexual stimuli (VSS) are often used to induce affective responses in experimental
research, but can also be useful in the assessment and treatment of sexual disorders (eg …

The brain activation-based sexual image classifier (BASIC): a sensitive and specific fMRI activity pattern for sexual image processing

SR van't Hof, L Van Oudenhove, E Janssen… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies suggest there is a complex relationship between sexual and general
affective stimulus processing, which varies across individuals and situations. We examined …

[HTML][HTML] The Complex Role Played by the Default Mode Network during Sexual Stimulation: A Cluster-Based fMRI Meta-Analysis

J Pinto, C Comprido, V Moreira, MT Maccarone… - Behavioral …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The default mode network (DMN) is a complex network that plays a significant and active
role during naturalistic stimulation. Previous studies that have used naturalistic stimuli, such …

Sexual trauma moderates hormonal mediators of women's sexual function

A Sartin-Tarm, T Lorenz - Current Sexual Health Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Hormones undeniably play a role in women's sexual function,
but there is much controversy regarding when and how—potentially because psychological …

The standardization of a new Explicit Pornographic Picture Set (EPPS)(Epub ahead of print)

S Prantner, C Giménez-García, A Espino, MA Escrig… - 2024 - repositori.uji.es
Pictures with affective content have been extensively used in scientific studies of emotion
and sexuality. However, only a few standardized picture sets have been developed that offer …

Sexual Arousal and Female Sexual Orientation

AC Kawano, RT McCoy, B Bongar - Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology …, 2023 - Springer
Female sexual arousal refers to a complex set of social, psychological, and biological
processes that occur among female humans in anticipation of, or in response to, emotional …