Alcohol, selective attention and sexual arousal in men.

Wilson, G. Terence; Niaura, Raymond; Adler, J

doi:10.15288/jsa.1985.46.107

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“…Attenuation effects also emerged in three subsequent experiments (Wilson, Lawson, & Abrams, 1978;Wilson, Niaura & Adler, 1985;Wormith, Bradford, Pawlak, Borzecki, & Zohar, 1988) and a case study (Cooper, 1994). Alcohol-induced attenuation of genital arousal seemed conclusive.…”

Section: Alcohol and Erectile Attenuation Effectsmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…Alcohol intoxication disrupts cognitive capabilities and may thereby indirectly affect voluntary control of erectile responding. Wilson et al (1985) found that alcohol's attenuation effects on penile tumescence were moderated by simultaneous engagement in a high demand cognitive task. Men in this study had not been instructed to maximize their arousal per se.…”

Section: Context: Voluntary Control and Instructions To Maximize Arousalmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Alcohol and erectile response: The effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal.

George¹,

Davis²,

Norris³

et al. 2006

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Although drinking is often associated with men's sexual activity, basic questions about alcohol's effects on men's sexual arousal remain unanswered. Inconsistencies in findings from studies examining subjective and physiological effects on erectile functioning suggest that alcohol's effects are context specific, e.g., dependent on whether one wants to maximize or suppress his arousal. To address unresolved questions about alcohol and erectile functioning, two experiments evaluated the effects of high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) and arousal instructional demands on indices of penile circumference change and self-reported sexual arousal. In Experiment 1, a target BAC of .10% (versus .00%) attenuated peak circumference change from a neutral baseline but had no effects on average change, latency to arousal onset (a 5% increase in circumference from baseline), latency to peak achieved arousal, or subjective arousal. Instructions to maximize arousal (versus no instruction) increased subjective arousal, which was moderately correlated with physiological indices. In Experiment 2, instructions to maximize (versus suppress) arousal increased peak and mean circumference change and interacted with a target BAC of .08% (versus .00%) to influence latency to arousal onset: sober men instructed to maximize showed a shorter latency to arousal onset than did sober men instructed to suppress; however, intoxicated men did not show a differential pattern. Moreover, compared to intoxicated counterparts, sober men instructed to maximize showed a marginally shorter latency to arousal onset. Overall, alcohol and arousal instructions had small but discernible effects with young moderate drinkers. Findings highlight the importance of contextual factors in alcohol's impact on erectile functioning.

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Section: Alcohol and Erectile Attenuation Effectsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Context: Voluntary Control and Instructions To Maximize Arousalmentioning

confidence: 95%

Alcohol and erectile response: The effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal.

George¹,

Davis²,

Norris³

et al. 2006

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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“…For example, alcohol enhanced penile tumescence in male social drinkers who listened to an erotic audiotape (Wilson and Niaura 1984). Additionally, men who expected to drink alcohol exhibited greater penile tumescence and subjective arousal (Wilson et al 1985). However, comparable expectancy effects were not seen in women (George and Stoner 2000).…”

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Alcohol acutely enhances decoding of positive emotions and emotional concern for positive stimuli and facilitates the viewing of sexual images

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Rationale: Social cognition influences social interactions. Alcohol reportedly facilitates social interactions. However, the acute effects of alcohol on social cognition are relatively poorly studied. Methods: We investigated the effects of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer on emotion recognition, empathy, and sexual arousal using the dynamic face emotion recognition task (FERT), Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET), and Sexual Arousal Task (SAT) in a double-blind, random-order, cross-over study in 60 healthy social drinkers. We also assessed subjective effects using visual analog scales (VASs), BACs, and plasma oxytocin levels. Results: Alcohol increased VAS ratings of stimulated, happy, talkative, open, and want to be with others. The subjective effects of alcohol were greater in participants with higher trait inhibitedness. Alcohol facilitated the recognition of happy faces on the FERT and enhanced emotional empathy for positive stimuli on the MET, particularly in participants with low trait empathy. Pictures of explicit sexual content were rated as less pleasant than neutral pictures after non-alcoholic beer but not after alcoholic beer. Explicit sexual pictures were rated as more pleasant after alcoholic beer compared with non-alcoholic beer, particularly in women. Alcohol did not alter the levels of circulating oxytocin. Conclusions: Alcohol biased emotion recognition toward better decoding of positive emotions and increased emotional concern for positive stimuli. No support was found for a modulatory role of oxytocin. Alcohol also facilitated the viewing of sexual images, consistent with disinhibition, but it did not actually enhance sexual arousal. These effects of alcohol on social cognition likely enhance sociability.

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“…2). It has been used in many conditions such as alcohol research (Marlatt et al 1973;Epps et al 1998), smoking (Sutton 1991), amphetamine eVects (Mitchell et al 1996), and psychiatric disorders (Rohsenow and Bachorowski 1984;Wilson et al 1985). This design is particularly interesting for the investigation of placebo eVects: indeed, it has been shown that verbally induced expectations can modulate the therapeutic outcome, both in the placebo group and in the active treatment group.…”

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Experimental designs and brain mapping approaches for studying the placebo analgesic effect

2007

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The placebo effect has intrigued scientists since it was proposed. The debate has now centered on how it works. Significant progress has been made and most of our knowledge about the neurobiological mechanisms comes from the field of pain and analgesia. The appropriateness of the experimental/clinical paradigms is crucial when we want to investigate the mechanisms of the placebo phenomenon. Recently, functional imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and electro/magnetoencephalography have also given the opportunity to define the neuroanatomical bases of placebo analgesia. This work systematically reviews the literature that deals with placebo analgesia, emphasizing both the methodological aspects and the neurobiological advances. The understanding of placebo mechanisms is fundamental and necessary to identify ways of accessing and harnessing these mechanisms in clinical practice to the patient's benefit.

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Alcohol, selective attention and sexual arousal in men.

Cited by 32 publications

References 22 publications

Alcohol and erectile response: The effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal.

Alcohol and erectile response: The effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal.

Alcohol acutely enhances decoding of positive emotions and emotional concern for positive stimuli and facilitates the viewing of sexual images

Experimental designs and brain mapping approaches for studying the placebo analgesic effect

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