arousal

• “Sessions involve watching pornographic movies featuring a young boy masturbating while the offender's sexual arousal is measured and punishment administered.”

  Creep Suzette (Jack Bog's Blog)

• “When arousal is too low, we become bored, and seek out activities to stimulate our minds; when arousal is too high, we seek to reduce or find something that will calm us down in some way.”

  Republicans celebrate April Fools by praising Obama

• “Arguments against violent media imagery promoting violent behaviour often actually support the idea: James Paul Gee promotes video games as very effective teaching tools and arousal is at the heart of his argument.”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “I think that's the first time the phrase arousal of the amygdala has ever been in the cable news.”

  CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2008

• “In Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping, Robert Sapolsky describes the way stress relates to memory: a little bit of arousal heightens learning, but long-term arousal eventually burns out memory.”

  Simon & Schuster: After the Diagnosis

• “Whereas difficulties of objectively evaluating psychoanalytic hypotheses are well-documented, these approaches would predict that sexual arousal is an intrinsic response to homosexual stimuli, whereas Barlow’s (1986) theory would predict that sexual arousal to homosexual stimuli by homophobic individuals is a function of anxiety.”

  Think Progress » VIDEO: Inhofe ‘Very Proud’ There’s Never Been a Homosexual Relationship in the ‘Recorded History of Our Family’

• “Chilies also stimulate the nervous system, accentuating the effects of arousal, which is very, very, very good for very, very, very good sex.”

  Christina Pirello: The Top 10 Foods for Great Sex

• “Oh yes, I had attended some birthday parties where the game of Post Office was played and I recall the arousal that happened in my pants but for sure God was watching and I better not let on so when my turn came I picked the cutest girl and departed with her to the post office room to deliver the stamps.”

  God, Mormons and Masturbation

• “His arousal was a potent force beneath the black silk barely sheathing its powerful rigidity, and she felt her insides clench in anticipation of his possession.”

  Purchased By The Billionaire

• “Today, most theories, particularly in cognitive science, involve incongruity resolution Freudian theories, usually called arousal-relief, or just relief theories, are still used by some nonscientists, as are disparagement theories.”

  Archive 2004-11-01

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