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Heather Rupp
Research Fellow
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
Postdoctoral Fellow
Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity Program, Indiana University
Morrison Hall 313
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-7686
E-mail: hrupp@indiana.edu
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Education
Ph.D., Emory University, 2006
M.A., Emory University, 2003
Research Statement
Dr. Rupp's research interests include the cognitive processing of sexual stimuli and the hormonal modulation of sexual behavior. At the Kinsey Institute, she would like to further investigate the hypotheses that hormones act centrally in the brain to alter the processing and perception of sexual stimuli, including potential sexual partners.
Research Interests
  • Cognitive processing of sexual stimuli
  • Sex differences in functional neuroanatomy
  • Sex differences in behavioral neuroendocrinological factors influencing sexual arousal
  • Hormonal modulation of sexual behavior
  • Cross-species analogies in sexual behavior and underlying neuroendocrinology
Selected Publications

Rupp, H.A., & Wallen, K. (2007). Relationship between testosterone and interest in sexual stimuli: The effect of experience. Hormones and Behavior, doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.07.015.

Rupp, H.A., & Wallen, K. (2007). Sex differences in viewing sexual stimuli: An eye tracking study in men and women. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 524-533.

Rupp, H.A., & Wallen, K. (2007). Sex differences in response to visual sexual stimuli: A review. Archives of Sexual Behavior, doi: 10.1007/s10508-007-9217-9.

 


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