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Central role of somatosensory processes in sexual arousal as identified by neuroimaging techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Harold Mouras
Harold Mouras
Affiliation:
Socioaffective Development Team, Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculty, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. harold.mouras@pse.unige.chhttp://www.unige.ch/fapse/PSY/persons/vief/
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Abstract

Research on the neural correlates of sexual arousal is a growing field of research in affective neuroscience. A new approach studying the correlation between the hemodynamic cerebral response and autonomic genital response has enabled distinct brain areas to be identified according to their role in inducing penile erection, on the one hand, and in representing penile sensation, on the other.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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