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sex differences, human sexuality, sexual orientation

Countries

United Kingdom

Biography

I am a lecturer at the University of Essex. I am interested in sex and sexual orientation differences in sexual arousal and their behavioral correlates, with a specific focus on their developmental origins. My research on sexual arousal relies on the measurement of genital arousal via penile plethysmography and vaginal photoplethysmography, and the measurement of pupil dilation, in response to a range of explicit sexual stimuli. My developmental work relies on biomarkers; primarily the finger length ratio (2D:4D), as rough proxies for androgen exposure during the prenatal period.

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University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2020-12-09 to present | Lecturer (Department of Psychology)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2017-10-01 to present | PhD Psychology (Department of Psychology)
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Advance HE: York, GB

2019-07-01 to 2019-07-01 | Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
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University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2016-11-01 to 2017-06-01 | MSc Research Methods in Psychology (Department of Psychology)
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University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2013 to 2016 | BSc Psychology (Department of Psychology)
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Works (12)

Sex Differences in Sexual Arousal and Finger Length Ratio

The Journal of Sex Research
2022-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1874262
Contributors: Luke Holmes; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Erlend Slettevold; Dragos C. Gruia; Gerulf Rieger
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The relationship between finger length ratio, masculinity, and sexual orientation in women: A correlational study

PLOS ONE
2022-03-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259637
Contributors: Luke Holmes; Ludek Bartos; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Erlend Slettevold; Dragos C. Gruia; Gerulf Rieger
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Sexual Orientation, Sexual Arousal, and Finger Length Ratios in Women

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2021-11-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02095-5
Contributors: Luke Holmes; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Erlend Slettevold; Dragos C. Gruia; Jamie Raines; Gerulf Rieger
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Robust evidence for bisexual orientation among men

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-08-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003631117
Contributors: Jeremy Jabbour; Luke Holmes; David Sylva; Kevin J. Hsu; Theodore L. Semon; A. M. Rosenthal; Adam Safron; Erlend Slettevold; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Ritch C. Savin-Williams et al.
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Gender Nonconformity of Bisexual Men and Women

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01766-z
Part of ISSN: 0004-0002
Contributors: Gerulf Rieger; Luke Holmes; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Dragos C. Gruia; J. Michael Bailey; Ritch C. Savin-Williams
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Gender Nonconformity of Identical Twins with Discordant Sexual Orientations: Evidence from Video Recordings

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01709-8
Part of ISSN: 0004-0002
Contributors: Gerulf Rieger; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Luke Holmes; Dragos C. Gruia
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Bisexual men with bisexual and monosexual genital arousal patterns

Biological Psychology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.107763
Part of ISSN: 0301-0511
Contributors: Erlend Slettevold; Luke Holmes; Dragos Gruia; Christian P. Nyssen; Tuesday M. Watts-Overall; Gerulf Rieger
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Correction to: Finger Length Ratios of Identical Twins with Discordant Sexual Orientations

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-018-1369-2
Part of ISSN: 0004-0002
Contributors: Tuesday M. Watts; Luke Holmes; Jamie Raines; Sheina Orbell; Gerulf Rieger
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Sexual Arousal Patterns of Identical Twins with Discordant Sexual Orientations

Scientific Reports
2018-10-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33188-2
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Tuesday M. Watts; Luke Holmes; Jamie Raines; Sheina Orbell; Gerulf Rieger
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Finger Length Ratios of Identical Twins with Discordant Sexual Orientations

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2018-07-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-018-1262-z
Part of ISSN: 0004-0002
Contributors: Tuesday M. Watts; Luke Holmes; Jamie Raines; Sheina Orbell; Gerulf Rieger
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Gender nonconformity of identical twins with discordant sexual orientations: Evidence from childhood photographs.

Developmental Psychology
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000461
Part of ISSN: 1939-0599
Contributors: Tuesday M. Watts; Luke Holmes; Jamie Raines; Sheina Orbell; Gerulf Rieger
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Pupil Dilation to Explicit and Non-Explicit Sexual Stimuli

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2016-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-016-0801-8
Part of ISSN: 0004-0002
Contributors: Tuesday M. Watts; Luke Holmes; Ritch C. Savin-Williams; Gerulf Rieger
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