Abstract

Participants’ sexual orientation had been evaluated using self-reported identities , in addition to with a modified Kinsey score, which asked individuals about their intimate dreams throughout adulthood along with the previous 12 months. The scale ranged from 0 to 6, with 0 corresponding to a solely heterosexual orientation and 6 corresponding to a solely homosexual orientation. Reactions to questions regarding adulthood and in regards to the previous 12 months had been averaged to produce a Kinsey rating for every single participant.

Stimuli and Procedure

Topics experienced two paradigms that are experimental the scanner: first erotic photos had been shown ( during a period of

21 moments), and videos that are then erotic shown ( during a period of

19 moments) following a brief sleep duration. Image stimuli had been shown before movie stimuli for many individuals so as to market stimulus engagement. This is certainly, it absolutely was assumed that possibly less intense stimuli could be better presented earlier in the time within the session that is experimental attentional resources are greatest. Further, there clearly was concern that first showing more stimuli that are intense reduce engagement with subsequent stimuli. As such, photos and videos stimuli are not counterbalanced pertaining to one another.

Individuals watched stimuli while setting up with a variety of earplugs (to minimize scanner sound) and headphones that are over-earfor movie sound and communication with experimenters). Continua a leggere