Can erotic responses be classically conditioned?

Langevin, Ron; Martin, M

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(75)80109-2

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“…To date, a range of behavioral sex research studies concerned with stimulus control have examined habituation to sexual stimuli (e.g., Koukounas & Over, 1993;Meuwissen & Over, 1990;O'Donohue & Plaud, 1994;Plaud, Gaither, Henderson, & Devitt, 1997), the respondent conditioning of sexual arousal to arbitrary stimuli (e.g., Langevin & Martin, 1975;Plaud & Martini, 1999;Rachman & Hodgson, 1968;Roche & Barnes, 1997), and the operant conditioning of sexual arousal (e.g., Rosen, Shapiro, & Schwartz, 1975;Schaefer & Colgan, 1977). As a result, a modest but relatively fruitful laboratory-based learning approach to sexual behavior has been developed.…”

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A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli

Roche

Dymond²

2008

Psychol Rec

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A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli

Roche

Dymond²

2008

Psychol Rec

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“…Some operators also use light musie or relaxation instructions at the start of the session (Langevin & Martin, 1975). Some operators also use light musie or relaxation instructions at the start of the session (Langevin & Martin, 1975).…”

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The phallometric assessment of sex offenders: some professional and research issues

Launay

1994

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Phallometry (or penile plethysmography) is a technique for measuring penile erection in response to a variety of stimuli, used with many procedural varia~ tions in different sex offender assessment centres . Recent research suggests that penile plethysmography, in spite of its many unresolved methodological problems, is both valid and reliable. The technique is ideaUy suited to challenge sex offenders' denials, assess their treatment needs and to evaluate treatment, although it can not be relied upon, on its own, to establish guilt or predict future deviant sexual behav~ iour. An examination of current practice suggests a number of areas where research is needed: to design and standardise stimulus material; to provide more reliability data; to develop and test procedures to discourage faking; and to carry out validation studies with forensic and non~forensic populations (which include a detailed analysis of the subjects' sexual history, motivation and fantasies). Finally, professional guide~ lines are needed to control conduction and interpretation of assessments, use of stim~ uli and counselling of clients.

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“…In research with humans, sexual arousal (SA) is commonly induced in laboratory conditions by exposure to such sensory stimuli as videos, photos, audio tapes and sexually-explicit texts [1] [2] [3] [4]. Effectiveness in inducing SA varies with the type of sexual stimuli utilized and, although few studies have compared different stimuli, they have shown that sexually-explicit videos generate this condition more efficiently than photographic prints [5], slides [6] or audio tapes [1] in both men and women. This may explain why most laboratory studies have used sexual videos.…”

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Electroencephalographic Correlates of Sexual Arousal Induced by Sexually-Explicit Reading in Human Females

Guevara¹,

Gómez-Navarro²,

Amezcua-Gutiérrez³

et al. 2018

JBBS

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This study explored the cortical functionality in young women while reading a sexually-explicit text. Electroencephalographic activity (EEG) was recorded in heterosexual women while reading either a sexually-explicit text or one with neutral content. Absolute power (AP) and the degree of EEG synchronization among the prefrontal, temporal and parietal cortices were analyzed for the different EEG bands. To evaluate sexual arousal, valence and general activation, Likert-type and Manikin scales were applied. Subjects scored the sexually-explicit text as more pleasurable, and reported greater general activation and sexual arousal than while reading the neutral one. During reading of the sexually-explicit text only, they showed a higher AP in the beta and gamma bands in temporal areas in both hemispheres, and in the theta band in parietal ones, with a lower degree of EEG synchronization between prefronto-temporal areas in the fast bands. Results show that both hemispheres were activated in these sexually-aroused women. The low bilateral synchronization between prefrontal and temporal regions indicates the independent functionality of these cortices, which could be a requirement for inducing and maintaining sexual arousal during reading of sexually-explicit texts in women. These data should broaden our knowledge of the cortical mechanisms that underlie sexual arousal in women.

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Can erotic responses be classically conditioned?

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli

A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli

The phallometric assessment of sex offenders: some professional and research issues

Electroencephalographic Correlates of Sexual Arousal Induced by Sexually-Explicit Reading in Human Females

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