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Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders
Emotional and cardiac responses to audio erotica and their gender differences are relatively unclear in the study of the human sexual response. The current study was designed to investigate gender differences regarding positive and negative emotional responses to erotica, as well as its association...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36975298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13030273 |
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author | Gao, Zhongming Luo, Xi Che, Xianwei |
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description | Emotional and cardiac responses to audio erotica and their gender differences are relatively unclear in the study of the human sexual response. The current study was designed to investigate gender differences regarding positive and negative emotional responses to erotica, as well as its association with cardiac response. A total of 40 healthy participants (20 women) were exposed to erotic, neutral, and happy audio segments during which emotions and heart rate changes were evaluated. Our data showed distinct emotional responses to erotica between genders, in which women reported a higher level of shame than men and rated erotic audios as less pleasant than happy audios. Meanwhile, men reported erotic and happy audios as equally pleasant. These results were independent of cardiac changes, as both sexes demonstrated comparable heart rate deceleration when exposed to erotica relative to neutral and happy stimuli. Our results highlight the role of sociocultural modulation in the emotional response to erotica. |
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spelling | pubmed-100448422023-03-29 Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders Gao, Zhongming Luo, Xi Che, Xianwei Behav Sci (Basel) Article Emotional and cardiac responses to audio erotica and their gender differences are relatively unclear in the study of the human sexual response. The current study was designed to investigate gender differences regarding positive and negative emotional responses to erotica, as well as its association with cardiac response. A total of 40 healthy participants (20 women) were exposed to erotic, neutral, and happy audio segments during which emotions and heart rate changes were evaluated. Our data showed distinct emotional responses to erotica between genders, in which women reported a higher level of shame than men and rated erotic audios as less pleasant than happy audios. Meanwhile, men reported erotic and happy audios as equally pleasant. These results were independent of cardiac changes, as both sexes demonstrated comparable heart rate deceleration when exposed to erotica relative to neutral and happy stimuli. Our results highlight the role of sociocultural modulation in the emotional response to erotica. MDPI 2023-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10044842/ /pubmed/36975298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13030273 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gao, Zhongming Luo, Xi Che, Xianwei Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title | Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title_full | Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title_fullStr | Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title_full_unstemmed | Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title_short | Distinct Emotional and Cardiac Responses to Audio Erotica between Genders |
title_sort | distinct emotional and cardiac responses to audio erotica between genders |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36975298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13030273 |
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