An experiment is reported using a projective technique to measure displaced aggression following a frustrative task which was preceded by visual sexual stimulation or visual stimulation of a nonsexual nature. Results, which indicated significantly greater manifest aggression in the sexually stimulated group, are discussed in terms of a possible neurohumoral substrate of arousal theory.
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