Abstract

Participants’ sexual orientation had been evaluated utilizing self-reported identities , in addition to with a modified Kinsey rating, which asked individuals about their intimate dreams throughout adulthood along with the previous year. The scale ranged from 0 to 6, with 0 corresponding to a solely heterosexual orientation and 6 matching to an orientation that is exclusively homosexual. Reactions to questions regarding adulthood and in regards to the previous year had been averaged to produce a Kinsey rating for every participant.

Stimuli and Procedure

Topics experienced two experimental paradigms in the scanner: very first erotic photos had been shown ( over a length of

21 moments), and then erotic videos were shown ( over a length of

19 mins) after a brief sleep duration. Image stimuli had been shown before movie stimuli for many participants so that they can market stimulus engagement. This is certainly, it absolutely was thought that potentially less intense stimuli could be better presented earlier within the day when you look at the session that is experimental attentional resources are greatest. Continua a leggere