An Evaluation of the Validity of Thermography as a Physiological Measure of Sexual Arousal in a Non-University Adult Sample

@article{Kukkonen2010AnEO,
  title={An Evaluation of the Validity of Thermography as a Physiological Measure of Sexual Arousal in a Non-University Adult Sample},
  author={Tuuli M. Kukkonen and Yitzchak M. Binik and R Amsel and Serge Carrier},
  journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  year={2010},
  volume={39},
  pages={861-873}
}
Thermography is a promising technology for the physiological measurement of sexual arousal in both men and women. This study was designed to extend our previous college student thermography study findings to an older sample (M age = 37.05 years), add an anxiety control group to further examine the specificity of temperature change, and examine the relationship between genital temperature and a continuous measure of subjective sexual arousal. Healthy men (n = 40) and women (n = 39) viewed a… Expand
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