Sexual arousal and physical aggression: The inhibiting influence of “cheesecake” and nudes

Abstract

faster and more completely than when appropriate eye fixations were not permitted. This tends to indicate that the role of eye fixation in the recall of spat ially organized imagery is analogou s to the role of eye fixation in perception. Male Ss participated in an experiment designed to investigate the hypothesis that mild levels of sexual arousal would serve to inhibit subsequent physical aggression. Consistent with this suggestion, Ss exposed to two types of erotic stimuli ("cheesecake" or nudes) directed shocks of significantly shorter duration to a confederate of the Ethan Ss exposed only to neutral pictures of scenery, furniture , and abstract art. An interpretation of these findings based on the suggestion that mild sexual arousal is pleasurable, and serves to induce considerable positive affect among Ss, was proposed. REFERENCES

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