Department of Psychology Faculty Publications
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Picking up good vibrations: Discrepant vibrator use, sexual functioning, and sexual well-being in women with male partners
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Vibrator use is thought to be associated with positive sexual functioning for women with female or male partners. Vibrator use that is discrepant across contexts (i.e. the individual uses a vibrator in solitary but not ... -
Neuroimaging predictors of creativity in healthy adults
(Elsevier, 2019-10-22)Neuroimaging has revealed numerous neural predictors of individual differences in creativity; however, with most of these identified in only one study, sometimes involving very small samples, their reliability is uncertain. ... -
Concurrent measurement of genital lubrication and blood flow during sexual arousal
(Elsevier, 2019-07-01)Genital lubrication and blood flow are theoretically related outcomes of women’s sexual response that prepare the genitals for sexual activity. Despite its importance for sexual function, few experimental studies have ... -
Short and Long Term Representation of an Unfamiliar Tone Distribution
(2016-08-11)We report on a study conducted to extend our knowledge about the process of gaining a mental representation of music. Several studies, inspired by research on the statistical learning of language, have investigated statistical ... -
Straight but not Narrow; Within-Gender Variation in the Gender-Specificity of Women's Sexual Response
(2016-07-18)Gender differences in the specificity of sexual response have been a primary focus in sexual psychophysiology research, however, within-gender variability suggests sexual orientation moderates category-specific responding ... -
Familiarity and Preference for Pitch Probability Profiles
(2016-02-18)We investigated familiarity and preference judgments of participants toward a novel musical system. We exposed participants to tone sequences generated from a novel pitch probability profile. Afterward, we either asked ... -
Cross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property
(Academic Press, 1992)Simmons’ (1937) data base of 109 variables measured on 71 societies was reanalyzed. Reliability comparisons were made with Murdock’s (1967) Ethnographic Atlas. Eliminated were 3 of Simmons’ cultures because of duplicated ... -
Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: a look from another database
(University of Ottawa, Research Center for Amerindian Anthropology, 1992)Swanson's (1966) database Simmons’ (1937) of 39 variables coded on 50 cultures was re-examined for cross-cultural correlates of the private ownership of property. Reliability comparisons were made with Murdock’s (1967) ... -
The Role of Dopamine in Locomotor Activity and Learning
(Elsevier, 1983-10)The discovery that the brain contains neurons utilizing dopamine (DA) as their transmitter has led to studies of the behavioral function of these neurons. Changes in overall level of activity of DA neurons appear to produce ...
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