Thermographic measurement of sexual arousal: a discriminant validity analysis.
Thermographic measurement was discovered to be a valid method for assessing human sexual arousal, in that it achieved adequate discriminant validity and that it covaried with self-reports of sexual arousal. The advantages of this procedure over other physiological methods are that it provides a thermogram indicating flow rate and transfer of heat, allows for cross-gender comparisons, and is a more ecologically valid method of assessing sexual arousal.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013817:Thermography