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Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Autore Ågmo Anders
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (512 p.)
Disciplina 612.6
Soggetto topico Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals
Sexual disorders
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-02879-7
9786611028794
0-08-054938-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior
2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli
3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli
3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men
1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458604603321
Ågmo Anders  
Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Autore Ågmo Anders
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (512 p.)
Disciplina 612.6
Soggetto topico Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals
Sexual disorders
ISBN 1-281-02879-7
9786611028794
0-08-054938-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior
2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli
3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli
3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men
1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784652203321
Ågmo Anders  
Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo
Autore Ågmo Anders
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (512 p.)
Disciplina 612.6
Soggetto topico Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals
Sexual disorders
ISBN 1-281-02879-7
9786611028794
0-08-054938-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior
2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli
3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli
3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men
1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization
Record Nr. UNINA-9910809104003321
Ågmo Anders  
Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui