Swartz L H
State University of New York at Buffalo.
J Sex Marital Ther. 1994 Fall;20(3):244-53. doi: 10.1080/00926239408403434.
The absorbed state-sexual arousal-orgasm pathway hypotheses assert that absorbed states of consciousness accompanying sexual arousal (sometimes called altered states of consciousness or sexual trance) play important roles in sexual response not previously recognized. Absorbed states are an obligatory pathway to high physiological sexual arousal and to orgasm in many, perhaps all, females. The role of absorbed states in males is facilitation of arousal and orgasm, with enhancement of pleasure and subjective quality of the experience. But the absorbed states pathway is not an obligatory feature of arousal and orgasm in most males. These hypotheses are empirically testable; absorbed states have objectively measurable defining characteristics as well as subjective dimensions presenting greater but not intractable methodological difficulties. Inclusion of a cognitive psychology of absorbed states can bring us closer to a more adequate and integrated psychobiological understanding of sexual response in both women and men.
吸收状态-性唤起-性高潮路径假说认为，伴随性唤起的意识吸收状态（有时称为意识改变状态或性恍惚）在性反应中发挥着此前未被认识到的重要作用。在许多甚至可能所有女性中，吸收状态是达到高度生理性唤起和性高潮的必经途径。吸收状态在男性中的作用是促进唤起和性高潮，增强体验的愉悦感和主观感受。但在大多数男性中，吸收状态路径并非唤起和性高潮的必然特征。这些假说可以通过实证检验；吸收状态具有客观可测量的定义特征以及主观维度，虽然带来了更大但并非难以解决的方法学难题。纳入吸收状态的认知心理学能够使我们更接近对男性和女性性反应更充分、更综合的心理生物学理解。
