Neural Activations of the Acquisition of Conditioned Sexual Arousal: Effects of Contingency Awareness and Sex

The increased activity in men is in line with theories postulating that men are generally more prone to conditioning of sexual arousal. Further, contingency awareness seems to be an important factor in appetitive learning processes, which facilitates conditioning processes. Klucken T, Schweckendiek J, Merz CJ, Tabbert K, Walter B, Kagerer S, Vaitl D, and Stark R. Neural activations of the acquisition of conditioned sexual arousal: Effects of contingency awareness and sex. J Sex Med 2009;6:3071-3085.