Ambivalent Affect and Sexual Response: The Impact of Co-Occurring Positive and Negative Emotions on Subjective and Physiological Sexual Responses to Erotic Stimuli

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Archives of Sexual Behavior

• Publication date

  2007-03-23

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/S10508-006-9145-0PMID 17380376
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