Sexual Arousal, Orgasm and Pleasure, As Much As Possible Using a Prospective, Laboratory Paradigm
AN INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED TRADITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SEXUAL AROUSAL, ORGASM AND PLEASURE LAUREL Q. P. PATERSON B.A. Department of Psychology McGill University Montréal, Québec, Canada April 2013 A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Laurel Q. P. Paterson (2013) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to the many people who have helped me complete this thesis. First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Irv Binik, for his invaluable guidance and support throughout my PhD, and for his enthusiasm about bringing the study of orgasm back into the laboratory. I have been fortunate to share my laboratory with a wonderful group of researchers and friends: my fellow graduate students, Seth Davis, Melissa Farmer, Alina Kao, Tuuli Kukkonen, Marie-Andrée Lahaie, and Sabina Sarin; our dedicated research coordinators, Natalie Cartright, Marie Faaborg-Andersen, Jackie Huberman, Caroline Maykut, and Louise Overington; and my research assistants Ayelet Germanski, Ellie Shuo Jin, Natalie Stratton, and Lindsay Sycz. These bright women and man have stimulated research ideas, pushed me to overcome logistical obstacles, and made the laboratory a fun place to work. I will forever be grateful for the friendship and support of my classmates, Crystal Holly, Ilana Kronick, and Julie Mercier. Finally, I would like to thank my family and Peter for their unwavering support and encouragement. Throughout my graduate studies, I have been supported by generous research scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), McGill University Faculty of Graduate Studies, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRSQ), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
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