The labial photoplethysmograph: a new instrument for assessing genital hemodynamic changes in women.
OBJECTIVE
The labial photoplethysmograph (LP), a new measure for assessing genital responses in women, was compared to the vaginal photoplethysmograph (VP).


METHODS
Fifteen women wore both devices simultaneously while viewing neutral, sexual, sexually-threatening, and threatening film clips.


RESULTS
The LP and VP exhibited comparable specificity to sexual stimuli. Additionally, the LP demonstrated greater resistance to movement artifacts and a slightly higher correspondence with subjective measures of sexual arousal.


CONCLUSIONS
The LP, while somewhat more difficult to place and less comfortable than the VP, is a promising new measure of genital response in women that warrants further development.
Prause
Nicole
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The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indianna University, Bloomington, USA. nprause@indiana.edu
Cerny
Jerome
J
Janssen
Erick
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D017156:Photoplethysmography / Q000379:methods*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000098:blood supply; D014844:Vulva / Q000098:blood supply*