The psychophysiology of sex / edited by Erick Janssen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janssen, Erick.

Series:

Kinsey Institute series ; v. 8.

The Kinsey Institute series ; v. [8]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual disorders--Congresses.

Sexual disorders.

Sex (Psychology)--Congresses.

Sex (Psychology).

Sex (Biology)--Congresses.

Sex (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although sexual psychophysiology has made great strides over the past few decades, the progress made has not been accompanied by much effort to integrate research findings or to stimulate methodological and theoretical discussions among researchers. Yet this new research area has the potential to make substantial contributions to understanding a wide range of phenomena, including the spread of HIV/STIs, sexual ""addiction"" or compulsivity, the use (or nonuse) of birth-control methods, sexual infidelit

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1: Physiology and Neurobiology of Sexual Response; Brain Functional Imaging Studies of Sexual Desire and Arousal inHuman Males; The Human Sexual Response-Similarities and Differences in theAnatomy and Function of the Male and Female Genitalia:Are They a Trivial Pursuit or a Treasure Trove?; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; Autonomic Nervous System In®uences: The Role of the SympatheticNervous System in Female Sexual Arousal; Neuroendocrine Processes during Sexual Arousal and Orgasm

Female Sexual Arousal Response Using Serial Magnetic ResonanceImaging with Initial Comparisons to Vaginal Photoplethysmography:Overview and EvaluationDiscussion Paper; General Discussion; PART 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Models; Cognitive-Affective Processes in Sexual Arousal and Sexual Dysfunction; The Sexual Unconscious; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; The Dual Control Model: The Role of Sexual Inhibition and Excitationin Sexual Arousal and Behavior; Discussion Paper; Interactive Processes in Ejaculatory Disorders: PsychophysiologicalConsiderations; Discussion Paper

General DiscussionPART 3: Learning Processes, Subjective Experience,and Genital Response; The Role of Classical Conditioning in Sexual Arousal; Discussion Paper; How Do Men and Women Feel? Determinants of SubjectiveExperience of Sexual Arousal; The Voluntary Control of Genital Response, Arousal, and Orgasm; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; PART 4: Sexual Motivation and Arousal; Desire Emerges from Excitement: A Psychophysiological Perspectiveon Sexual Motivation; Models of Sexual Motivation; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; PART 5: Sexual Function and Dysfunction

Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Psychophysiology, and Psychopharmacology:Laboratory Studies in Men and WomenDisabilities, Psychophysiology, and Sexual Functioning; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; PART 6: Gender, Sexual Orientation, andParaphilic Sexual Interests; Cognitive Processes and Gender Differences in Sexuality; Discussion Paper; The Sexual Psychophysiology of Sexual Orientation; Psychophysiological Assessment of Paraphilic Sexual Interests; Discussion Paper; General Discussion; Appendix; Contributors; Index

Notes:

"This book is the outcome of a conference, the first of its kind, on the psychophysiology of sex. The conference was held in Bloomington, Indiana, in July 2003."--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07848-8

9786612078484

0-253-11704-6

OCLC:

228138855