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BL
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839238
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| Main Entry
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Toates, F. M., (Frederick M.)
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| Title & Author
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How sexual desire works : : the enigmatic urge /\ Frederick Toates.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2014.
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1 online resource (xii, 499 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1107279291
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: 9781107279292
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1107050014
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1107688043
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9781107050013
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9781107688049
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-486) and index.
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| Contents
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What is enigmatic about sexual desire? -- Explaining desire: multiple perspectives -- Sexual desire in a broad context -- An incentive-based model -- Sex and levels of organization -- Sexual attraction -- Shades of desire from simple to complex -- Details of the brain and desire -- Arousal -- The consequences of sexual behaviour and associated expectations -- Sexual familiarity and novelty -- Inhibition, conflict and temptation -- How did sexual desire get here? -- Setting the trajectory: link to adult sexuality -- Sexual desire in interaction -- Representations of sex -- Sexual addiction -- Variations in desire: general principles -- Some forms of desire at the fringes -- The toxic fusion: violence and sexual desire -- Sexually associated (serial) murder.
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Shows how the diversity of sexual desires, both normal and unusual, emerge from the interactions between underlying brain processes.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sex.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sex.
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Sexualitet-- psykologiska aspekter.
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Sexuelle Attraktion
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| Dewey Classification
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155.3
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| LC Classification
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BF692.T63 2014eb
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