Gao Zhongming, Luo Xi, Che Xianwei
Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, China.
College of Preschool and Primary Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637000, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Mar 20;13(3):273. doi: 10.3390/bs13030273.
Emotional and cardiac responses to audio erotica and their gender differences are relatively unclear in the study of the human sexual response. The current study was designed to investigate gender differences regarding positive and negative emotional responses to erotica, as well as its association with cardiac response. A total of 40 healthy participants (20 women) were exposed to erotic, neutral, and happy audio segments during which emotions and heart rate changes were evaluated. Our data showed distinct emotional responses to erotica between genders, in which women reported a higher level of shame than men and rated erotic audios as less pleasant than happy audios. Meanwhile, men reported erotic and happy audios as equally pleasant. These results were independent of cardiac changes, as both sexes demonstrated comparable heart rate deceleration when exposed to erotica relative to neutral and happy stimuli. Our results highlight the role of sociocultural modulation in the emotional response to erotica.
在人类性反应研究中，对音频色情内容的情绪和心脏反应及其性别差异相对不明确。本研究旨在调查对色情内容的正负情绪反应的性别差异，以及其与心脏反应的关联。共有40名健康参与者（20名女性）接触色情、中性和愉悦的音频片段，在此期间评估情绪和心率变化。我们的数据显示了男女对色情内容的不同情绪反应，其中女性报告的羞耻感水平高于男性，且认为色情音频不如愉悦音频令人愉悦。同时，男性认为色情音频和愉悦音频同样令人愉悦。这些结果与心脏变化无关，因为相对于中性和愉悦刺激，男女在接触色情内容时心率均有类似的减速。我们的结果凸显了社会文化调节在对色情内容情绪反应中的作用。
