• ACollectiveBean@lemmynsfw.com
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    7 months ago

    You are misunderstanding the meaning of the paper you linked; it is not referring to sexual arousal but rather the psychological state of hyperarousal aka the fight-or-flight response. These are two very different meanings of the term “arousal” and are not at all interchangable.

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      7 months ago

      I am not misunderstanding it, heightened emotions = arousal, and sexual stimulation leads to heightened emotions