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Effect of arousal on perception as studied through the lens of the motor correlates of sexual arousal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Harold Mouras
Harold Mouras*
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EA 7273, Centre de Recherche en Psychologie: Cognition, Psychisme et Organisations, UFR de Sciences Humaines Sciences Sociales et Philosophie, Departement de Psychologie, Universitaire de Picardie Jules Verne, F-80000 Amiens, France hmouras@gmail.com harold.mouras@u-picardie.fr
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Abstract

The study of sexual arousal is at the interface of affective and social neurosciences. Recent results regarding the motor correlates of sexual arousal demonstrating an early freezing response are in perfect accordance with the GANE (glutamate amplifies noradrenergic effects) model's sustaining the double role of the arousal dimension on emotional processing.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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