Welcome to the Sexual Psychophysiology and Affective Neuroscience (SPAN) Laboratory. We are devoted to increasing the understanding of sexual responses in men and women and the effects of alcohol use and abuse on these responses. We conduct research, provide treatment, and offer learning opportunities for students. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

10/25/08 Conrad Hillman and Becky Hansis-Oneill presented Response regulation to sexual stimuli in those reporting problems with viewing: A P300 study at the Snake River Association for Neuroscience

9/6/08 Becky Hansis-Oneill presented Predicted erectile response compared to actual erectile response in intoxicated males at the Society for Psychophysiological Research

9/5/08 Prause presented and chaired Attention and processing sexual cues at the Society for Psychophysiological Research

7/11/08 Prause presented Asymmetric EEG band activity characterizes sexual motivation subverting self-report requirements at the International Academy of Sex Research

7/2/08 Prause presented Sexual satisfaction and sexual functioning over time in male alcoholics engaged in couples' alcoholism treatment at the Research Society on Alcoholism

4/12/08 Internal competition for National Science Foundation grant support awarded for laboratory's research on EEG asymmetry.

April 2, 2009

Arlington, VA

Verena Roberts will present Examining the relationship between thought content of cognitive distraction, relationship satisfaction and sexual desire at the Society for Sex Therapy and Research.

Summer, 2009

Pocatello, ID

Prause available as a mentor for the Association for Psychological Science summer mentorship program and the IBRI mentorship program