The current study investigated psi ability (precognition) based on Bem’s (2011) experiments. The study used a computer-based program that tested for the prediction of erotic stimuli via erotic and non-erotic images. Sensation seeking and cortisol were explored as moderators of psi ability. Participants provided saliva samples at the beginning and end of the study for a measure of cortisol. It w...

BACKGROUND Experimental research has shown that emotional stimuli can either enhance or impair attentional performance. However, the relative effects of specific emotional stimuli and the specific time course of these differential effects are unclear. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In the present study, participants (n = 50) searched for a single target within a rapid serial visual presentati...

Previous emotion-regulation research has shown that the late positive potential (LPP) is sensitive to the down-regulation of emotion; however, whether LPP is also sensitive to the up-regulation of emotion remains unclear. The present study examined the description-based reappraisal effects on the up-regulation of positive emotions induced by erotic and neutral images in a Chinese population. Se...

This study was an attempt to replicate the positive results of a precognitive habituation (PH) experiment devised by Bem (2003). The procedure is based on the subliminal mere exposure (SME) design. In an SME procedure subjects are exposed to image-pairs in a preference task, after being exposed to one of those images (the target) subliminally. The target is preferred significantly more often du...

Research on the processing of sexual stimuli has proved that such material has high priority in human cognition. Yet, although sex differences in response to sexual stimuli were extensively discussed in the literature, sexual orientation was given relatively little consideration, and material suitable for relevant research is difficult to come by. With this in mind, we present a collection of 2...

This paper proposes a method for helping to identify adult web sites by using the imagecontent as means of detecting erotic material. The image content is classified by investigating probable skin-regions, and extracting their feature vectors. These feature vectors are based on color-, texture-, contour-, placement-, and relative size-information for a given region. The importance of the differ...

This paper proposes a method for helping to identify adult web sites by using the image-content as means of detecting erotic material. The image content is classified by investigating probable skinregions, and extracting their feature vectors. These feature vectors are based on color-, texture-, contour-, placementand relative sizeinformation for a given region. The importance of the different ...

Importance Pornography consumption is highly prevalent, particularly among young adult males. For some individuals, problematic pornography use (PPU) is a reason for seeking treatment. Despite the pervasiveness of pornography, PPU appears under-investigated and basic questions remain unanswered. Objective To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying PPU in men. Design and participants Using ...