This study from 2018 "demonstrates the pivotal role of first sexual experiences in the establishment of future sexual partner preference in the male rat, and suggest an innate preference for estrous odors over neutral odors that can become conditioned subsequently as predictors of sexual reward." This paper from 2017 examines the state of human sexual conditioning research by reviewing "what is known from laboratory conditioning studies" and comparing human sexual conditioning to sexual conditioning in animals. From the Rowman & Littlefield book description: "Drawing on established scholarship on the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality, Asian American Sexual Politics shows how power dynamics shape the lives of young Asian Americans today.