ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Patients with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Show Less Autonomic Arousal in Response to an Erotic Film
- Michaela Simpson
University of California, Berkeley - Kuan-Hua Chen
University of Nebraska - Sheri Johnson
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Neurodegenerative diseases may impact sexual functioning. The present study investigated sexual response to erotic stimuli in patients with neurodegenerative diseases using objective, non-invasive laboratory tests. In a test of autonomic response, patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia showed lower autonomic arousal compared with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and healthy controls.
Sexuality/Sexual Behavior
