Executive Functioning of Sexually Compulsive and Non-Sexually Compulsive Men Before and After Watching an Erotic Video
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2017 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 14 (3), pp. 347-354
KEY FINDINGS
- Sexually compulsive subjects and controls performed similarly at baseline, but after watching an erotic video, controls performed better in cognitive tests.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Despite the serious behavioral consequences faced by individuals with sexual compulsivity, related neuropsychological studies are sparse. Aim: To compare decision making and cognitive flexibility at baseline and after exposure to an erotic video in sexually compulsive participants and non-sexually compulsive controls.
Methods: The sample consisted of 30 sexually compulsive men and 30 controls. Cognitive flexibility was investigated through the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and decision making was... READ FULL ABSTRACT
Methods: The sample consisted of 30 sexually compulsive men and 30 controls. Cognitive flexibility was investigated through the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and decision making was... READ FULL ABSTRACT
EXCERPTS
- "This finding indicates better cognitive flexibility after sexual stimulation by controls compared with sexually compulsive participants. These data support the idea that sexually compulsive men do not to take advantage of the possible learning effect from experience, which could result in better behavior modification. This also could be understood as a lack of a learning effect by the sexually compulsive group when they were sexually stimulated, similar to what happens in the cycle of sexual addiction, which starts with an increasing amount of sexual cognition, followed by the activation of sexual scripts and then orgasm, very often involving exposure to risky situations."
