Poeppl, Timm B. and Langguth, Berthold and Rupprecht, Rainer and Safron, Adam and Bzdok, Danilo and Laird, Angela R. and Eickhoff, Simon B. (2016) The neural basis of sex differences in sexual behavior: A quantitative meta-analysis. FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 43. pp. 28-43. ISSN 0091-3022, 1095-6808
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Abstract
Sexuality as to its etymology presupposes the duality of sexes. Using quantitative neuroimaging meta analyses, we demonstrate robust sex differences in the neural processing of sexual stimuli in thalamus, hypothalamus, and basal ganglia. In a narrative review, we show how these relate to the well-established sex differences on the behavioral level. More specifically, we describe the neural bases of known poor agreement between self-reported and genital measures of female sexual arousal, of previously proposed male proneness to affective sexual conditioning, as well as hints of unconscious activation of bonding mechanisms during sexual stimulation in women. In summary, our meta-analytic review demonstrates that neurofunctional sex differences during sexual stimulation can account for well-established sex differences in sexual behavior. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ACTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; ALE METAANALYSIS; HUMAN HYPOTHALAMUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DESIRE DISORDER; ROMANTIC LOVE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; Activation likelihood estimation ALE; fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Meta-analysis; Neuroimaging; PET Positron emission tomography; Sex differences; Sexual behavior |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2020 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2020 10:04 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4131 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
