Meredith Chivers
Meredith Chivers
Professor
Department of Psychology
B.Sc., University of Guelph, 1995
M.A., Northwestern University, 2000
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2003
Research Interests
My primary research focuses on sexual attractions, sexual response, and sexual functioning, and the influence of gender and sex on these aspects of our sexualities. My current work focuses on the neurocognitive factors associated with sexual response in women with and without sexual difficulties.
Selected Publications
Suschinsky, K. D., Huberman, J. S., Maunder, L., Brotto, L. A., Hollenstein, T., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). The relationship between sexual concordance and sexual functioning in women with and without sexual difficulties. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy.
Shirazi, T. N., Bossio, J. A., Puts, D., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). Menstrual cycle phase predicts women鈥檚 hormonal responses to sexual stimuli. Hormones and Behavior, 103, 45鈥53. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.023
Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). Sexual stimulus modality moderates gaze patterns in women and men. Royal Society Open.
Chivers, M.L. (2017). The specificity of women鈥檚 sexual response and its relationship with sexual orientations: A review and ten hypotheses. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1161鈥1179 doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0897-x
Chivers, M.L., & Brotto, L. B. (2017). Controversies in women鈥檚 sexual arousal and desire. European Psychologist, 22(1), 5鈥26. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000274
Velten, J., Margraf, J., Chivers, M. L., & Brotto, L. A. (2017). Effects of a mindfulness task on women鈥檚 sexual response. Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 747-757. doi:10.1080/00224499.2017.1408768
Suschinsky, K. D., Shelley, A. D., Gerritsen, J., Tuiten, A., & Chivers, M. L. (2016). The clitoral photoplethysmograph; response specificity and construct validity. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12(12), 2324鈥2338. doi: 10.1111/jsm.13047
Huberman, J. S., & Chivers, M. L. (2015). Evaluating gender-specificity of sexual arousal in women and men using thermography. Psychophysiology, 52, 1382鈥1395. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12466
Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Gender differences and similarities in sexual desire. Current Sexual Health Reports, 6(4), 211-219. doi: 10.1007/s11930-014-0027-5.
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., Lalumi猫re, M. L, Laan, E., & Grimbos, T. (2010). Agreement of genital and subjective measures of sexual arousal in men and women: A meta-analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(1), 5鈥56.
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., & Blanchard, R. (2007). Gender and sexual orientation differences in sexual response to the sexual activities versus the gender of actors in sexual films. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(6), 1108鈥1121.
Chivers, M. L., Rieger, G., Latty, E., & Bailey, J. M. (2004). A sex difference in the specificity of sexual arousal. Psychological Science, 15(11), 736鈥744.