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Prevalence of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Termites: Persistence Under Mate-Seeking Stress Absence [PDF]
InsectsSame-sex sexual behavior is an enigma in behavioral ecology as it does not result in reproduction. Previous studies on the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior have primarily focused on factors such as recognition mechanisms, resource constraints, and ...
Yong-Hui Wang +6 more
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Sex differences in compulsive sexual behavior disorder [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceBackgroundCompulsive sexual behavior is a failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges, resulting in sexual behavior that causes marked distress or impairment.
Aviv M. Weinstein
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Being strangled, or “choked,” by a sexual partner has emerged as a prevalent, often wanted and consensual sexual behavior among adolescent and young adult women, yet the neurological consequences of repeated exposure to this behavior are unknown.
Megan E. Huibregtse +9 more
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An elevated plus-maze in mixed reality for studying human anxiety-related behavior
BMC Biology, 2017 Background A dearth of laboratory tests to study actual human approach-avoidance behavior has complicated translational research on anxiety. The elevated plus-maze (EPM) is the gold standard to assess approach-avoidance behavior in rodents. Methods Here,
Sarah V. Biedermann +10 more
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, 2023 AbstractWe provide a conceptual primer for sexual selection and conflict, mating systems, and socio-sexual behaviors and patterns among animals, largely with mammalian and cetacean examples. The important roles of mate choice are discussed (including female choice) and the occasional fluidity of sexual roles.
Bernd Würsig +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2014 Background: Recent findings suggest that a strong negative social emotion (i.e., shame) increases YMSM’s sexual risk-taking. Unchangeable shame (e.g., desire for other men) might undermine (moderate) the link between knowledge and self-efficacy or ...
Mina ePark +5 more
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Stress, sex, and motivated behaviors [PDF]
Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2016 Stress is a major risk factor for development of psychiatric disorders such as depression and development of substance use disorder. Although there are important sex differences in the prevalence of these disorders, most preclinical models used to study stress‐induced disorders have used males only.
Laman‐Maharg, Abigail +1 more
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Sperm Numbers as a Paternity Guard in a Wild Bird
Cells, 2022 Sperm competition is thought to impose strong selection on males to produce competitive ejaculates to outcompete rival males under competitive mating conditions.
Melissah Rowe +6 more
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Sex, Drugs, and…behavior Analysis? [PDF]
Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2013 Close your eyes for a moment and imagine a stereotypic picture of behavior analysis in practice before reading onward. If you are even remotely familiar with applied behavior analysis, you likely pictured a child sitting knee to knee with a therapist who is holding reinforcers with some academic-related task nearby. Alternatively, you may have imagined
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Systematic Review of ED-based Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Research
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Assessment reactivity may be a factor in the modest results of brief interventions for substance use in the emergency department (ED). The presence of assessment reactivity in studies of interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV ...
Esther K. Choo, +5 more
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