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| Title |
The Eyes Have It: Sex and Sexual Orientation Differences in Pupil Dilation Patterns
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0040256 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gerulf Rieger, Ritch C. Savin-Williams |
| Abstract |
Recent research suggests profound sex and sexual orientation differences in sexual response. These results, however, are based on measures of genital arousal, which have potential limitations such as volunteer bias and differential measures for the sexes. The present study introduces a measure less affected by these limitations. We assessed the pupil dilation of 325 men and women of various sexual orientations to male and female erotic stimuli. Results supported hypotheses. In general, self-reported sexual orientation corresponded with pupil dilation to men and women. Among men, substantial dilation to both sexes was most common in bisexual-identified men. In contrast, among women, substantial dilation to both sexes was most common in heterosexual-identified women. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed. Because the measure of pupil dilation is less invasive than previous measures of sexual response, it allows for studying diverse age and cultural populations, usually not included in sexuality research. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 122 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 7% |
| Mexico | 5 | 4% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Chile | 3 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Belgium | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 15% |
| Unknown | 52 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 106 | 87% |
| Scientists | 11 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 226 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 207 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 48 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 15% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 24% |
| Unknown | 22 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 106 | 47% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 27 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 284. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2024.
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#127,791
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,977
of 226,020 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#544
of 180,393 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#18
of 4,044 outputs
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