Takashi Yamauchi, Na-Yung Yu
Category labels versus feature labels: category labels polarize inferential predictions
Memory & cognition
penile pearls artificial implants placed beneath skin penis provide enhanced sexual experience partner present stigma particular social subgroup eg prisoner member gang genital modification usually encountered men low socioeconomic status prisoners might self implant improvised pearls poor sanitary conditions recently started encounter penile pearls autopsy incidentally aim study analyze autopsy cases penile pearls assess characteristics subjects regarding socioeconomic status history imprisonment substance abuse well characteristics implants nineteen men included born 1970s 1980s elementaryvocational school education n 10 five men graduated high school least 14 prison point life 13 unemployed ten men unmarried 11 men regular alcohol consumption reported 12 used illicit substances history heroin injection penile pearls improvised made rigid plastic 10 men eight soft siliconelike material one metal distinct characteristic ribbed contour implants although genital modification seems gain attention outside described vulnerable groups mostly remains limited region likely performed improvised nonprofessional unsanitary conditions probably prisons