Cognitive Factors in Sexual Arousal: The Role of Distraction.

Geer, James H.; Fuhr, Robert

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Publication Date: 1976

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Cognitive Factors in Sexual Arousal: The Role of Distraction

Geer, James H.; Fuhr, Robert

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 2, 238-243, Apr 76

Four groups of male undergraduates were instructed to perform complex cognitive operations when randomly presented single digits of a dichotic listening paradigm. An erotic tape recording was played into the nonattended ear. Sexual arousal varied directly as a function of the complexity of the distracting cognitive operations. (Author)

Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Males, Psychophysiology, Research Projects, Sexuality

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