The Somatic Marker Hypothesis and Sexual Decision Making: Understanding the Role of Iowa Gambling Task Performance and Daily Sexual Arousal on the Sexual Behavior of Gay and Bisexual Men | Zendy

H. Jonathon Rendina | Zendy; Brett M. Millar | Zendy; Genevieve F. Dash | Zendy; Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing | Zendy; Jeffrey T. Parsons | Zendy

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The Somatic Marker Hypothesis and Sexual Decision Making: Understanding the Role of Iowa Gambling Task Performance and Daily Sexual Arousal on the Sexual Behavior of Gay and Bisexual Men

Author(s) -

H. Jonathon Rendina,

Brett M. Millar,

Genevieve F. Dash,

Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing,

Jeffrey T. Parsons

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

annals of behavioral medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1532-4796

pISSN - 0883-6612

DOI - 10.1093/abm/kax006

Subject(s) - iowa gambling task , psychology , sexual arousal , arousal , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , social psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist

The sexual decision-making literature suggests that sexual arousal and behavior are associated. The somatic marker hypothesis suggests that individual neuropsychological differences in decision making, as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), may moderate these associations; however, this hypothesis has yet to be tested with event-level sexual behavior data.

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