Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women
Abstract Men and women respond differently when presented with sexual stimuli. Men's reaction is gender-specific, and women's reaction is gender-nonspecific. This might be a result of differential cognitive processing of sexual cues, namely copulatory movement (CM), which is present in alm...
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| author | Ondřej Vaníček Lucie Krejčová Martin Hůla Kateřina Potyszová Kateřina Klapilová Klára Bártová |
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| description | Abstract Men and women respond differently when presented with sexual stimuli. Men's reaction is gender-specific, and women's reaction is gender-nonspecific. This might be a result of differential cognitive processing of sexual cues, namely copulatory movement (CM), which is present in almost every dynamic erotic stimulus. A novelty eye-tracking procedure was developed to assess the saliency of short film clips containing CM or non-CM sexual activities. Results from 29 gynephilic men and 31 androphilic women showed only small and insignificant effects in attention bias and no effects in attentional capture. Our results suggest that CM is not processed differently in men and women and, therefore, is not the reason behind gender-nonspecific sexual responses in women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3db63481d5ec4cb891e6bb34ec26dad92024-03-05T19:11:40ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-03-011411810.1038/s41598-024-53243-5Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and womenOndřej Vaníček0Lucie Krejčová1Martin Hůla2Kateřina Potyszová3Kateřina Klapilová4Klára Bártová5Center for Sexual Health and Interventions, National Institute of Mental HealthDepartment of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Charles UniversityDepartment of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Charles UniversityDepartment of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Charles UniversityCenter for Sexual Health and Interventions, National Institute of Mental HealthCenter for Sexual Health and Interventions, National Institute of Mental HealthAbstract Men and women respond differently when presented with sexual stimuli. Men's reaction is gender-specific, and women's reaction is gender-nonspecific. This might be a result of differential cognitive processing of sexual cues, namely copulatory movement (CM), which is present in almost every dynamic erotic stimulus. A novelty eye-tracking procedure was developed to assess the saliency of short film clips containing CM or non-CM sexual activities. Results from 29 gynephilic men and 31 androphilic women showed only small and insignificant effects in attention bias and no effects in attentional capture. Our results suggest that CM is not processed differently in men and women and, therefore, is not the reason behind gender-nonspecific sexual responses in women.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53243-5 |
| spellingShingle | Ondřej Vaníček Lucie Krejčová Martin Hůla Kateřina Potyszová Kateřina Klapilová Klára Bártová Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women Scientific Reports |
| title | Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| title_full | Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| title_fullStr | Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| title_short | Eye-tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| title_sort | eye tracking does not reveal early attention processing of sexual copulatory movement in heterosexual men and women |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53243-5 |
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