A new article co-authored by a Virginia Commonwealth University professor suggests that pornography has become a primary source of sexual education, and has a tangible influence on the sex lives of young adults. The researchers, including Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D., a professor in Department of Sociology of the College of Humanities and Sciences, surveyed 487 college […]
Mom’s weight during pregnancy shapes baby’s health By Laura Beil 1:00pm, January 12, 2016 Obesity at conception or during pregnancy is a big problem that’s getting bigger: New evidence says a child’s mental health could be at stake. Magazine issue: Vol. 189, No. 2, January 23, 2016, p. 22 When Elinor Sullivan was a postdoctoral fellow […]
Behav Neurosci. 2015 Dec 21. Mlewski EC, Arias C, Paglini G. Abstract Sensitization to psychostimulants is strongly influenced by the environmental context in which the drug is administered and little is known about the molecular mechanisms that regulate this process. Chronic treatment with psychostimulants has been shown to upregulate the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 […]
“How Internet Porn Affects the Brain” is a 2015 updated version of the original YBOP 6-part series. A Polish translation of this presentation Supporting materials for this presentation Current state of the research Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 55 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). All provide strong support for the addiction model as […]
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In 2014 Your Brain on Porn made a video on PIED – Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction. This page sets out the science behind our video. Anatomy & physiology teacher Gary Wilson explains the physiology of erections, how overstimulation via today’s Internet porn can create erectile dysfunction (even in young men), and how others have recovered. For […]
Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication 5 January 2016; doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.193 H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 1Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 2Division of Medical Neuroimaging Analysis, Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 3Department of Nuclear […]
Are we waxing away the line between adults and children? At present, our culture both underestimates the power of erotic cues and misinterprets their significance. That is, sexual cues are presumed harmless because sexual tastes are thought to be hardwired whatever one views. Two circular assumptions follow from this faulty premise: First, we assume that […]
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Behav Sci (Basel). 2015 Dec 15;5(4):602-25. doi: 10.3390/bs5040602. Groves CL1, Gentile D2, Tapscott RL3, Lynch PJ4. LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Three studies assessed the construct of pathological video game use and tested its predictive validity. Replicating previous research, Study 1 produced evidence of convergent validity in 8th and 9th graders (N = 607) classified […]
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J Behav Addict. 2015 Dec;4(4):299-307. doi: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.037. Haug S1, Castro RP1, Kwon M2, Filler A3,4, Kowatsch T3,5, Schaub MP1. Abstract Background and Aims: Smartphone addiction, its association with smartphone use, and its predictors have not yet been studied in a European sample. This study investigated indicators of smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and their associations with […]
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COMMENTS: This Korean fMRI study replicates other brain studies on porn users. Like the Cambridge University studies it found cue-induced brain activation patterns in sex addicts which mirrored the patterns of drug addicts. In line with several German studies it found alterations in the prefrontal cortex which match the changes observed in drug addicts. While […]