J Behav Addict. 2019 May 23:1-11. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.22. Antons S1, Mueller SM1, Wegmann E1, Trotzke P1, Schulte MM1, Brand M1,2. BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Unregulated Internet pornography (IP) use is discussed as a clinically significant disorder. Because of its primarily rewarding nature, IP is a predestinated target for addictive behaviors. However, not every user develops an […]
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Introduction This section of the site provides critiques of studies and commentaries about which YBOP and others have serious reservations. In some, the methodology raises concerns. In others, the conclusions appear inadequately supported. And, in others, the title or terminology used is misleading given the actual study results. Some grossly misrepresent the real findings. Others […]
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Introduction In various comments, articles and tweets Nicole Prause has claimed that not only did Prause et al., 2015 falsify “a core tenet of the addiction model, the cue reactivity biomarker,” but that “a series of behavioral studies replicated by independent laboratories [falsify] other predictions of the addiction model.” Prause cites her 2016 “Letter to […]
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LINK TO FULL STUDY Clin. Med. 2019, 8(1), 91; doi:10.3390/jcm8010091 Rubén de Alarcón 1 , Javier I. de la Iglesia 1 , Nerea M. Casado 1 and Angel L. Montejo 1,2,* 1 Psychiatry Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain 2 University of Salamanca, EUEF, 37007 […]
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On October 23, 2019 Alexander Rhodes (founder of reddit/nofap and NoFap.com) filed a defamation lawsuit against Nicole R Prause and Liberos LLC. See the court docket here. Downloadable PDFs of the three primary court documents filed by Rhodes (screenshots below): Alex Rhodes defamation suit against Nicole Prause: The initial complaint – 15 pages. (screenshots of […]
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Introduction by YourBrainOnPorn.com I cannot tell you how many times the following “letter to editor” to a Salt Lake newspaper has been cited as “proof” porn use causes no problems and porn addiction doesn’t exist: Op-ed: Anti-porn school program misrepresents science. It’s often posted on social media (Quora, Twitter, Facebook) as evidence that YBOP, Fight […]
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Analysis of the Joshua Grubbs study: “Self-identification as a pornography addict: examining the roles of pornography use, religiousness, and moral incongruence (Grubbs et al., 2019) Contrary to spin, this is the first Joshua Grubbs study to correlate any variable with “believing oneself to be porn addict” In the last few years Dr. Joshua Grubbs has […]
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COMMENTS: See the YBOP analysis Self-identification as a pornography addict: examining the roles of pornography use, religiousness, and moral incongruence (2019) Grubbs, Joshua B., Jennifer T. Grant, and Joel Engelman. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (2019) Abstract At present, the scientific community has not reached a consensus regarding whether or not people may be become addicted […]
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YBOP comments: In plain English, this research found (again) that religiosity is NOT associated with believing yourself to be a porn addict (“perceived pornography addiction”). This explodes the meme that Josh Grubbs worked for years to “sell” to the world, that believing oneself an addict is related to religious shame. Grubbs’s CPUI-9 studies and his […]
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Comments: This study reports poorer executive functioning and lower activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the cognitive tests (Stroop test). All this indicates poorer prefrontal cortex functioning, which is a hallmark of addiction, and manifests as the inability to control use or suppress cravings. ————————————————– Front. Psychiatry, 25 September 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460 Ji-Woo Seok1 and […]
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