Description
Although sexual psychophysiology has made great strides over the past few decades, the progress made has not been accompanied by much effort to integrate research findings or to stimulate methodological and theoretical discussions among researchers. Yet this new research area has the potential to make substantial contributions to understanding a wide range of phenomena, including the spread of HIV/STIs, sexual “addiction” or compulsivity, the use (or nonuse) of birth-control methods, sexual infidelity, and aggressive sexual behaviors. Psychophysiological methods can assist in the exploration of the underlying psychological, physiological, and affective processes, and, perhaps more importantly, how they interact. In this volume, editor Erick Janssen brings together wide-ranging essays written by an authoritative group of researchers, representing the cutting edge of sexual psychophysiology. |
Author Bio
| Erick Janssen is Associate Scientist and Director of Education and Research Training at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Program in Cognitive Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. |
Reviews
". . .This cutting-edge material makes significant advances over the work of the giants in the field—Alfred Kinsey, Helen Singer Kaplan, and Masters and Johnson. Besides bringing researchers up to date on others' work and generating ideas for further research, Janssen's goal with this book is to cast light on standardizing measurement and analytic procedures in this new field of research. . . . Recommended." —Choice
". . . includes the papers presented at the [sexual psychophysiology] conference, but also contains essays written by discussants that review and criticize the papers presented in each section. In addition, the book provides a verbatim recount of the open discussions of the researchers after each paper was verbally presented. Thanks to this format, readers feel like they are sitting next to Bancroft, Heiman, Geer, Everaerd and the others, and are therefore able to enjoy the stimulating exchanges and discussions that made the meeting particularly successful." —Alessandra H. Rellini - Carolyn M. Dundon, University of Vermont, SEX ROLES: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH , May 23, 2009 (online)
"[A]n extremely important document that could become the foundation of education for new sex researchers... [A] must have for all sex psychophysiologists." —SEX ROLES: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH , 2009, Volume 61 |
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Table of Contents
Contents
ERICK JANSSEN
Introduction
PART 1: Physiology & Neurobiology of Sexual Response
SERGE STOLÉRU and HAROLD MOURAS
Brain Functional Imaging Studies of Sexual Desire and Arousal in Human Males
ROY J. LEVIN
The Human Sexual Response - Similarities and Differences in the Anatomy and Function of the Male and Female Genitalia: Are they a trivial pursuit or a treasure trove?
JOHN BANCROFT
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
CINDY MESTON and ANDREA BRADFORD
Autonomic Nervous System Influences: The Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Female Sexual Arousal
TILLMANN H. C. KRÜGER, MANFRED SCHEDLOWSKI and MICHAEL S. EXTON
Neuroendocrine Processes during Sexual Arousal and Orgasm
JULIA R. HEIMAN and Kenneth R. Maravilla
Female Sexual Arousal Response using Serial MR Imaging with Initial Comparisons to Vaginal photoplethysmography: Overview and Evaluation
ROY J. LEVIN
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
PART 2: Theoretical Perspectives & Models
MARKUS WIEGEL, LISA A. SCEPKOWSKI and DAVID H. BARLOW
Cognitive-Affective Processes in Sexual Arousal and Sexual Dysfunction
MARK SPIERING and WALTER EVERAERD
The Sexual Unconscious
JAMES H. GEER
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
ERICK JANSSEN and JOHN BANCROFT
The Dual-Control Model: The Role of Sexual Inhibition and Excitation in Sexual Arousal and Behavior
SERGE STOLÉRU
Discussant
DAVID L. ROWLAND, WENDY TAI and KLYNT BRUMMETT
Interactive Processes in Ejaculatory Disorders: Psychophysiological considerations
Donald S. STRASSBERG
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
PART 3: Learning Processes, Subjective Experience and Genital Response
HEATHER HOFFMANN
The Role of Classical Conditioning in Sexual Arousal
JAMES PFAUS
Discussant
ELLEN LAAN and ERICK JANSSEN
The Determinants of Subjective Experience of Sexual Arousal
DONALD S. STRASSBERG
The Voluntary Control of Genital Response, Arousal, & Orgasm
WALTER EVERAERD
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
PART 4: Sexual Motivation & Arousal
STEPHANIE BOTH, WALTER EVERAERD and ELLEN LAAN
Desire Emerges from Excitement: A Psychophysiological Perspective on Sexual Motivation
JAMES PFAUS
Animals and Human Models of Sexual Motivation & Arousal
ERICK JANSSEN
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
PART 5: Sexual Function & Dysfunction
RAYMOND ROSEN, MARKUS WIEGEL and NOEL GENDRANO III
Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Psychophysiology & Psychopharmacology: Laboratory studies in sexual psychopharmacology in men and women
MARCA L. SIPSKI
Disabilities, Psychophysiology and Sexual Functioning
JULIA R. HEIMAN
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
PART 6: Gender, Sexual Orientation, & Paraphilic Sexual Interests
JAMES H. GEER and JASON L. HICKS
Cognitive Processes and Gender Differences in Sexuality
RAYMOND ROSEN
Discussant
MEREDITH L. CHIVERS and J. MICHAEL BAILEY
Psychophysiological Assessment of Sexual Orientation
MICHAEL SETO
Psychophysiological Assessment of Paraphilic Sexual Interests
DAVID L. ROWLAND
Discussant
GENERAL DISCUSSION
FINAL DISCUSSION and CONCLUSIONS
Appendix
Conference Participants
Index |
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