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. 2015 Oct;39(5):766-779.
doi: 10.1007/s11031-015-9485-y. Epub 2015 Mar 10.

Correlational and Experimental Analyses of the Relation Between Disgust and Sexual Arousal

Arthur R Andrews 3rd, Travis Crone, Cecilia B Cholka, Theodore V Cooper, Ana J Bridges

Correlational and Experimental Analyses of the Relation Between Disgust and Sexual Arousal

Arthur R Andrews 3rd et al. Motiv Emot. 2015 Oct.
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The Effect of Disgust Priming on Sexual Arousal Ratings for Men and Women Note: *Estimation based on hierarchical linear model centered on Image 1 with sexual arousal ratings centered on the grand mean and sexual disgust propensity, pathogen disgust propensity, and age examined as covariates. All covariates were mean centered.
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