Behavioral and Brain Functions

Table 1 Potential substrates of erotic stimulus processing

From: Does erotic stimulus presentation design affect brain activation patterns? Event-related vs. blocked fMRI designs

				FA	PAR	OTC	INS	CIN	CER	BAG	AMY	HYP	THA
fMRI studies	contr	stim	des
Arnow et al. 2002	spo	vid	block	√**		√**	√**	√**	√	√**		√**
Beauregard et al. 2001	ntr	vid	block		√	√		√	√		√	√
Ferretti et al. 2005	spo	img	event (3s)	√	√	√	√	√			√
	spo	vid	block	√	√	√	√	√			√	√	√
Gizewski et al. 2006	ntr	vid	block	√		√	√	√	√		√	√	√
Hamann et al. 2004	ntr	img	block	√	√	√		√	√*	√	√*	√*
Karama et al. 2002	ntr	vid	block	√		√	√	√		√	√	√*	√*
Kim et al. 2006	ntr	vid	block	√		√	√	√		√
Mouras et al. 2003	ntr	img	block	√	√	√		√	√
Park et al. 2001	ntr	vid	block	√		√	√	√		√			√
Stark et al. 2005	ntr	img	block			√				√	√	√	√
Walter et al. 2008	ntr, emo	img	event (5s)	√	√	√		√		√	√	√
*PET studies*
Redoute et al. 2000	ntr hum	img & vid	block	√	√	√	√	√	√	√		√	√
Stoleru et al. 1999	ntr	vid	block	√		√	√	√		√

FA: Frontal areas; PAR: Parietal regions; OTC: Occipitotemporal cortex; INS: Insular cortex; CIN: Cingulate gyrus; CER: Cerebellum; BAG: Basal ganglia; AMY: Amygdala; HYP: Hypothalamus; THA: Thalamus; contr: control condition; stim: stimulus material; des: fMRI design; hum: humorous; ntr: neutral; spo: sports; emo: emotional pictures; vid: video; img: still images; * significant activation observed only in males; ** penile turgidity-correlated activations

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