Overview
Body Locations and Systems
Status
Recruiting
Start/End Dates
Locations
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
Name/Title
Sonia Milani, Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
Phone
Email Address
Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study is to see how two brief tasks affect where women focus their attention when looking at sexual images and videos. The study team also wants to find out whether the way women pay attention to sexual cues influences their sexual response. By better understanding this connection, researchers hope to learn more about how attention affects sexual experiences and to identify new ways to improve sexual well-being.
The study involves: a telephone interview that includes questions to confirm eligibility and to ask about any sexual concerns related to desire and arousal; one online questionnaire package to assess demographics and different facets of sexual response and well-being; and one laboratory session requiring approximately one hour to assess visual attention to sexual images and videos and self-reported sexual response.
Eligibility
This study is open to participants who: self-identify as a woman (gender identity); are 19 years of age or older; are mostly or exclusively heterosexual; are fluent in English; have normal or corrected to normal vision; are not currently experiencing a major depressive episode or have any psychiatric disorder that is currently interfering with daily functioning; and are not currently experiencing any sexual concerns or difficulties with sexual arousal and/or sexual desire for the past six months.
Disclaimer
Study Coordinators and Research Nurses cannot give medical advice over the phone. Telephone numbers and email addresses are provided for obtaining additional information on specific research studies only. If you have specific questions which require clinical expertise, please call your primary care physician.
The purpose of this study is to see how two brief tasks affect where women focus their attention when looking at sexual images and videos. The study team also wants to find out whether the way women pay attention to sexual cues influences their sexual response. By better understanding this connection, researchers hope to learn more about how attention affects sexual experiences and to identify new ways to improve sexual well-being.
The study involves: a telephone interview that includes questions to confirm eligibility and to ask about any sexual concerns related to desire and arousal; one online questionnaire package to assess demographics and different facets of sexual response and well-being; and one laboratory session requiring approximately one hour to assess visual attention to sexual images and videos and self-reported sexual response.
This study is open to participants who: self-identify as a woman (gender identity); are 19 years of age or older; are mostly or exclusively heterosexual; are fluent in English; have normal or corrected to normal vision; are not currently experiencing a major depressive episode or have any psychiatric disorder that is currently interfering with daily functioning; and are not currently experiencing any sexual concerns or difficulties with sexual arousal and/or sexual desire for the past six months.
Study Coordinators and Research Nurses cannot give medical advice over the phone. Telephone numbers and email addresses are provided for obtaining additional information on specific research studies only. If you have specific questions which require clinical expertise, please call your primary care physician.
