James G Pfaus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1246047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James G Pfaus |
| GIVEN NAMES | James G |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfaus |
| SIGNATURE | PFAUS J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6953-3663 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Non-Genitally Stimulated Orgasms Increase Plasma Prolactin in a Menopausal Woman
Background and objectives: Objective measures of orgasm in both women and men include increased plasma prolactin and characteristic pelvic floor contractions. Typically, these are induced by genital and other erogenous stimulation, but can occur through fantasy and willful activation of pelvic floor and abdominal muscles that likely stimulate pudendal, hypogastric, and pelvic nerves without any direct genital stimulation. It has been shown previo…
Subjective Responses of Gynephilic Men and Women to Real versus Artificial Female Nudes
Depictions of visual sexual stimuli are changing with the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI), hyper-realistic and idealized images created by artificial Intelligence (AI), and artistic styles such as hentai, that depict a diverse range of sexual situations and characteristics. Here we assessed the subjective realism, aesthetic value, subjective sexual attractiveness, and valence (pleasantness) of images depicting natural or surgically enh…
Yes, Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
Versión publicada - versión final del editor
Not To Be Forgotten
Jaroslav Madlafousek, Ph.D., C.Sc. (1922–2008) was a Czech comparative psychologist, physiologist, ethologist, and sexologist. He made extremely important empirical contributions to the study of sexual behavior in both humans and rats, among others, helping to pioneer the use of plethysmography to measure genital sexual arousal in men. Here, we present a biography of his life, his struggles against the dictatorships that ruled his country, and hi…
Do Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
The largely binary nature of biological sex and its conflation with the socially constructed concept of gender has created much strife in the last few years. The notion of gender identity and its differences and similarities with sex have fostered much scientific and legal confusion and disagreement. Settling the debate can have significant repercussions for science, medicine, legislation, and people’s lives. The present review addresses this deb…
Auditory Cues Alter the Magnitude and Valence of Subjective Sexual Arousal and Desire Induced by an Erotic Video
Although women and men rate their subjective arousal similarly in response to “female-centric” erotic videos, women rate their subjective arousal lower than men in response to “male-centric” videos, which often end with the male’s ejaculation. This study asked whether ratings of subjective sexual arousal and desire using the Sexual Arousal and Desire Inventory (SADI) would be altered if this ending was present or absent, and whether including or …
Neuroelectrical Activity and Sexual Stimulation
A Response to the Commentary by Sterling et al. (2023)
The Cancer of Cancel Culture
Trpc2
Sexual Attentional Bias in Young Adult Heterosexual Men
Enhanced D2 Agonism Induces Conditioned Appetitive Sexual Responses Toward Non-reproductive Conspecifics
Conditioning of Sexual Interests and Paraphilias in Humans Is Difficult to See, Virtually Impossible to Test, and Probably Exactly How It Happens
Comparing Subjective Ratings of Sexual Arousal and Desire in Partnered Sexual Activities from Women of Different Sexual Orientations
Reply to
Bisexuality and Mental Health
Studies have indicated that bisexual individuals may report worse mental health than their heterosexual and gay/lesbian counterparts. This article reviews research related to bisexuality and mental health. Further, the main theories relevant to why bisexual individuals may face mental health disparities—namely, minority stress and lifetime adversity—are discussed. Based on a review of the literature, the second part of the article outlines direct…
Explaining mental health disparities for non-monosexual women
APA handbook of sexuality and psychology, Vol. 1
Who, What, Where, When (and Maybe Even Why)? How the Experience of Sexual Reward Connects Sexual Desire, Preference, and Performance
What Can Animal Models Tell Us about Human Sexual Response
In all species, sexual behavior is directed by a complex interplay between steroid hormone actions in the brain that give rise to sexual arousability and experience with sexual reward that gives rise to expectations of competent sexual activity, including sexual arousal, desire, and performance. Sexual experience allows animals to form instrumental and Pavlovian associations that predict sexual outcome and thereby directs the strength of sexual r…
Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation
(1999). Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation. Annual Review of Sex Research: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 120-156
Has psychology ever been a science of behavior? A comment on Skinner
Has psychology ever been a science of behavior? A comment on Skinner
Soundtrack contents and depicted sexual violence
Bisexuality and Mental Health
Studies have indicated that bisexual individuals may report worse mental health than their heterosexual and gay/lesbian counterparts. This article reviews research related to bisexuality and mental health. Further, the main theories relevant to why bisexual individuals may face mental health disparities—namely, minority stress and lifetime adversity—are discussed. Based on a review of the literature, the second part of the article outlines direct…
Who, What, Where, When (and Maybe Even Why)? How the Experience of Sexual Reward Connects Sexual Desire, Preference, and Performance
Explaining mental health disparities for non-monosexual women
What Can Animal Models Tell Us about Human Sexual Response
In all species, sexual behavior is directed by a complex interplay between steroid hormone actions in the brain that give rise to sexual arousability and experience with sexual reward that gives rise to expectations of competent sexual activity, including sexual arousal, desire, and performance. Sexual experience allows animals to form instrumental and Pavlovian associations that predict sexual outcome and thereby directs the strength of sexual r…
Do Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
The largely binary nature of biological sex and its conflation with the socially constructed concept of gender has created much strife in the last few years. The notion of gender identity and its differences and similarities with sex have fostered much scientific and legal confusion and disagreement. Settling the debate can have significant repercussions for science, medicine, legislation, and people’s lives. The present review addresses this deb…
Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation
(1999). Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation. Annual Review of Sex Research: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 120-156
Comparing Subjective Ratings of Sexual Arousal and Desire in Partnered Sexual Activities from Women of Different Sexual Orientations
Soundtrack contents and depicted sexual violence
Yes, Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
Versión publicada - versión final del editor
Sexual Attentional Bias in Young Adult Heterosexual Men
Soundtrack contents and depicted sexual violence
Has psychology ever been a science of behavior? A comment on Skinner
Has psychology ever been a science of behavior? A comment on Skinner
Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation
(1999). Revisiting the Concept of Sexual Motivation. Annual Review of Sex Research: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 120-156
What Can Animal Models Tell Us about Human Sexual Response
In all species, sexual behavior is directed by a complex interplay between steroid hormone actions in the brain that give rise to sexual arousability and experience with sexual reward that gives rise to expectations of competent sexual activity, including sexual arousal, desire, and performance. Sexual experience allows animals to form instrumental and Pavlovian associations that predict sexual outcome and thereby directs the strength of sexual r…
Who, What, Where, When (and Maybe Even Why)? How the Experience of Sexual Reward Connects Sexual Desire, Preference, and Performance
APA handbook of sexuality and psychology, Vol. 1
Reply to
Bisexuality and Mental Health
Studies have indicated that bisexual individuals may report worse mental health than their heterosexual and gay/lesbian counterparts. This article reviews research related to bisexuality and mental health. Further, the main theories relevant to why bisexual individuals may face mental health disparities—namely, minority stress and lifetime adversity—are discussed. Based on a review of the literature, the second part of the article outlines direct…
Explaining mental health disparities for non-monosexual women
Comparing Subjective Ratings of Sexual Arousal and Desire in Partnered Sexual Activities from Women of Different Sexual Orientations
Conditioning of Sexual Interests and Paraphilias in Humans Is Difficult to See, Virtually Impossible to Test, and Probably Exactly How It Happens
Trpc2
Sexual Attentional Bias in Young Adult Heterosexual Men
Enhanced D2 Agonism Induces Conditioned Appetitive Sexual Responses Toward Non-reproductive Conspecifics
Neuroelectrical Activity and Sexual Stimulation
A Response to the Commentary by Sterling et al. (2023)
The Cancer of Cancel Culture
Do Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
The largely binary nature of biological sex and its conflation with the socially constructed concept of gender has created much strife in the last few years. The notion of gender identity and its differences and similarities with sex have fostered much scientific and legal confusion and disagreement. Settling the debate can have significant repercussions for science, medicine, legislation, and people’s lives. The present review addresses this deb…
Auditory Cues Alter the Magnitude and Valence of Subjective Sexual Arousal and Desire Induced by an Erotic Video
Although women and men rate their subjective arousal similarly in response to “female-centric” erotic videos, women rate their subjective arousal lower than men in response to “male-centric” videos, which often end with the male’s ejaculation. This study asked whether ratings of subjective sexual arousal and desire using the Sexual Arousal and Desire Inventory (SADI) would be altered if this ending was present or absent, and whether including or …
Yes, Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities
Versión publicada - versión final del editor
Not To Be Forgotten
Jaroslav Madlafousek, Ph.D., C.Sc. (1922–2008) was a Czech comparative psychologist, physiologist, ethologist, and sexologist. He made extremely important empirical contributions to the study of sexual behavior in both humans and rats, among others, helping to pioneer the use of plethysmography to measure genital sexual arousal in men. Here, we present a biography of his life, his struggles against the dictatorships that ruled his country, and hi…
Non-Genitally Stimulated Orgasms Increase Plasma Prolactin in a Menopausal Woman
Background and objectives: Objective measures of orgasm in both women and men include increased plasma prolactin and characteristic pelvic floor contractions. Typically, these are induced by genital and other erogenous stimulation, but can occur through fantasy and willful activation of pelvic floor and abdominal muscles that likely stimulate pudendal, hypogastric, and pelvic nerves without any direct genital stimulation. It has been shown previo…
Subjective Responses of Gynephilic Men and Women to Real versus Artificial Female Nudes
Depictions of visual sexual stimuli are changing with the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI), hyper-realistic and idealized images created by artificial Intelligence (AI), and artistic styles such as hentai, that depict a diverse range of sexual situations and characteristics. Here we assessed the subjective realism, aesthetic value, subjective sexual attractiveness, and valence (pleasantness) of images depicting natural or surgically enh…
Psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Sexual behavior (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Psychoanalysis (8 works) · Human sexuality (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (6 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 works)