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. 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 About the Editor: 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. |