Does subliminal exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on men and women?: An article from: The Journal of Sex Research

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From the author: Three studies explored gender differences in explicit and implicit components of sexual arousal following brief exposure to a sexual stimulus. Whereas Study I assessed reports of sexual arousal following subliminal exposure to a sexual or a neutral picture, Studies 2 and 3 examined the effects of the same priming procedure on accessibility of sex-related thoughts assessed with a pictorial judgment task and a lexical decision task. The subliminal sexual prime did not have an effect on men's reports of sexual arousal, but caused women to report lower levels of sexual arousal. In contrast, the same subliminal sexual prime led to higher accessibility of sex-related thoughts in both men and women. It is therefore suggested that the subliminal sexual prime causes women to activate sex-related mental contents but to experience the result as somewhat aversive.

Citation Details
Title: Does subliminal exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on men and women?
Author: Omri Gillath
Publication:The Journal of Sex Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 44 Issue: 2 Page: 111(11)

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