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Open AccessSexual Pleasure Matters (Especially for Women) — Data from the German Sexuality and Health Survey (GeSiD)
Sexual pleasure has been a neglected issue in sexual health policies. Emerging trends in public health, however, emphasize the importance of sexual pleasure in preventing negative sexual health outcomes.
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Open AccessWalter Everaerd (1937–2019)
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Maak seksualiteit bespreekbaar
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Open AccessThe effect of a dopamine antagonist on conditioning of sexual arousal in women
Dopamine (DA) plays a key role in reward-seeking behaviours. Accumulating evidence from animal and human studies suggests that human sexual reward learning may also depend on DA transmission. However, research...
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Attentional and Affective Processing of Sexual Stimuli in Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) is the most common sexual problem in women. From an incentive motivation perspective, HSDD may be the result of a weak association between sexual stimuli and rewarding ...
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Women’s Sexual Responses to Heterosexual and Lesbian Erotica: The Role of Stimulus Intensity, Affective Reaction, and Sexual History
Past research has demonstrated that women do not show a “category-specific” genital response to erotic stimuli. That is, on average, heterosexual and lesbian women are indistinguishable in terms of their physi...
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Open AccessAgreement of Self-Reported and Genital Measures of Sexual Arousal in Men and Women: A Meta-Analysis
The assessment of sexual arousal in men and women informs theoretical studies of human sexuality and provides a method to assess and evaluate the treatment of sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias. Understanding...
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Open AccessEffects of Appraisal of Sexual Stimuli on Sexual Arousal in Women with and Without Superficial Dyspareunia
This study examined the effects of appraisal of sexual stimuli on sexual arousal in women with superficial dyspareunia (n = 50) and sexually functional women (n = 25). To elicit different appraisals of an erotic ...
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Open AccessAutomatic and Deliberate Affective Associations with Sexual Stimuli in Women with Superficial Dyspareunia
Current views suggest that in women with superficial dyspareunia the prospect of penile–vaginal intercourse automatically activates fear-related associations. The automatic activation of negative associations ...
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3 Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar seksualiteit
De eerste pogingen om menselijke seksualiteit te bestuderen met methoden die enigszins vergelijkbaar zijn met wat nu gebruikelijk is dateren uit de negentiende eeuw; parallel aan de wetenschappelijke professio...
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5 Psychologische benaderingen van seksualiteit
Er zijn vele verschillende psychologische benaderingen van seksualiteit. Ze richten zich alle op het gedrag van individuen en trachten de volgende vragen te beantwoorden:
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Seksuele motivatie is meer dan dopaminerge stimulatie van het ventrale striatum, benadrukken Bruinsma en Loonen (2005) in hun reactie op ons artikel over seksueel verlangen (Both, Everaerd & Laan, 2005). Natuu...
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Seksueel verlangen en opwinding: een psychofysiologisch perspectief op seksuele motivatie
Gaat seksueel verlangen vooraf aan seksuele opwinding? In het gangbare seksuele-responsmodel worden seksueel verlangen en seksuele opwinding onderscheiden als aparte en opeenvolgende fasen. In dit artikel bear...
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Effect of a Single Dose of Levodopa on Sexual Response in Men and Women
From animal research, there is ample evidence for a facilitating effect of dopamine on sexual behavior. In humans, little experimental research has been conducted on the inter-relation between dopamine and sex...
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Conscious Processing of Sexual Information: Mechanisms of Appraisal
To elucidate some of the activational mechanisms of sexual response, this study investigated the effects of conscious appraisal of sexual and neutral stimuli on a categorization task and on ratings of sexual a...
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Orgasmeproblemen bij de vrouw
samenvatting Centraal in dit artikel staat de cognitief-gedragstherapeutische behandeling voor orgasmeproblemen bij de vrouw, die is gebaseerd op het masturbatieprogramma van LoPicollo en Lobitz (1972). Uitgangsp...
