Intersubject representational similarity analysis reveals individual variations in affective experience when watching erotic movies

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 216; p. 116851
• Main Authors: Chen, Pin-Hao A., Jolly, Eshin, Cheong, Jin Hyun, Chang, Luke J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2020; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Affect; Affect - physiology; Brain Mapping; Brain research; Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; College students; Desire; Emotions; Erotica; Eroticism; Executive function; fMRI; Humans; Individuality; Inhibition, Psychological; Intersubject correlation; Intersubject representational similarity analysis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Motion Pictures; Neostriatum; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Questionnaires; Reinforcement; Self control; Sexual Behavior - physiology; Variation; Visual Perception - physiology; Young Adult; fMRI; Self-control; Desire; Intersubject correlation; Affect; Intersubject representational similarity analysis

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