Impaired attentional control in pedophiles in a sexual distractor task

Impaired attentional control in pedophiles in a sexual distractor task

Pedophilic disorder, a subtype of paraphilia, is defined as a recurrent sexual interest in prepubescent children, which is characterized by persistent thoughts, fantasies, urges, sexual arousal or behavior. Besides a deviant sexual preference, sexual preoccupation was found to be a dynamic risk fact...

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Main Authors: Kirsten Jordan, Peter Fromberger, Jakob von Herder, Henrike Steinkrauss, Rebekka Nemetschek, Joachim Witzel, Jürgen Leo Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Eye Movements
Pedophilia
executive functions
attentional control
distractors
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00193/full

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