Imaging gender differences in sexual arousal

被引:21
作者
Canli, T [1 ]
Gabrieli, JDE
机构
[1] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Psychol, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Psychol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1038/nn0404-325
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Men tend to be more interested than women in visual sexually arousing stimuli. Now we learn that when they view identical stimuli, even when women report greater arousal, the amydala and hypothalamus are much more strongly activated in men.
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