Title of article :
The effects of immediate, delayed, and residual sympathetic activation on sexual arousal in women
Author/Authors :
Cindy M. Meston، نويسنده , , Boris B. Gorzalka، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
Pages :
6
From page :
143
To page :
148
Abstract :
In a recent experiment, Meston and Gorzalka (1995) [Behaviour, Research and Therapy, 33, 651–664] demonstrated a facilitatory effect of sympathetic activation, via acute exercise, on female sexual arousal. The present investigation was designed to examine the time course of this effect. Thirty-six sexually functional women participated in two experimental sessions in which they viewed a neutral film followed by an erotic film. In one of these sessions, Ss were exposed to 20 min of intense exercise (stationary cycling) prior to viewing the films. Subjective (self-report) and physiological (photoplethysmograph) sexual arousal were measured at either 5 min, 15 min, or 30 min post-exercise. Acute exercise marginally decreased vaginal pulse amplitude (VPA) and had no effect on vaginal blood volume (VBV) responses to an erotic film when measured 5 min post-exercise. At 15 min post-exercise, exercise significantly increased VPA and marginally increased VBV responses. At 30 min post-exercise, both VPA and VBV responses to an erotic film were marginally increased. Acute exercise had no significant effect on subjective perceptions of sexual arousal in any of the experimental conditions.
Journal title :
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Serial Year :
1996
Journal title :
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Record number :
568747
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