COMMENTS: This study found that deviant pornography users reported a significantly younger onset of adult pornography use. Confirms that early porn use is related to escalation into stranger stuff. Perhaps this is caused by tolerance, which is the need for greater stimulation to achieve the same high. Study was replicated in 2016 Computers in Human […]
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Sex Roles September 2012, Volume 67, Issue 5-6, pp 257-271 Destin N. Stewart, Dawn M. Szymanski Abstract Pornography is both prevalent and normative in many cultures across the world, including United States’ culture; however, little is known about the psychological and relational effects that it can have on young adult women involved in heterosexual romantic […]
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2014 Feb;117:70-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.12.007. Epub 2013 Dec 16. De Pauli RF1, Coelhoso CC2, Tesone-Coelho C2, Linardi A3, Mello LE2, Silveira DX1, Santos-Junior JG4. Abstract Chronic drug exposure and drug withdrawal induce expressive neuronal plasticity which could be considered as both functional and pathological responses. It is well established that neuronal plasticity in […]
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Neuroscience. Author manuscript; available in PMC Sep 15, 2010. Published in final edited form as: Neuroscience. Sep 15, 2009; 162(4): 924–932. Published online May 22, 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.05.029 PMCID: PMC2723193 NIHMSID: NIHMS119686 Sarah L. Teegarden, Anna N. Scott, and Tracy L. Bale* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version […]
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Dtsch Arztebl Int. Jun 2013; 110(25): 425–431. Published online Jun 21, 2013. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0425 PMCID: PMC3705203 Review Article Neuroscientific Insights Into This Developmental Period Kerstin Konrad, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.,*,1 Christine Firk, Dr. PhD,2 and Peter J Uhlhaas, Dr. PhD3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► See letter “Correspondence (letter […]
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J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 2;28(14):3586-94. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5309-07.2008. Shaw P1, Kabani NJ, Lerch JP, Eckstrand K, Lenroot R, Gogtay N, Greenstein D, Clasen L, Evans A, Rapoport JL, Giedd JN, Wise SP. Author information Abstract Understanding the organization of the cerebral cortex remains a central focus of neuroscience. Cortical maps have relied almost exclusively on the […]
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‘Homosexual OCD’: Straight Men Who Suspect They Are Gay Some psychologists think that gay acceptance has hindered recognition of homosexual obsessive compulsive disorder. Steven Brodsky, a psychologist who specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder, says that at any one time he has a “handful” of clients who are straight and suspect that they are gay. Brodsky, who […]
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Image of the reward circuitry of the brain Host Gary Wilson discusses the science of why Internet porn is different from porn of the past, the Coolidge Effect, supernormal stimuli, the molecular switch common to all addictions (Delta FosB), and the unique vulnerability of adolescents to addiction. Listen to September 18, 2012 radio show “Your […]
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Gary Wilson and Alexander Rhodes discuss why he founded NoFap, and why there are already more than 32,000 “Fapstronauts.” Alexander recounts the benefits he and others have seen from taking a “NoFap Challenge,” as well as the role of adolescent masturbation, the limitations of existing research, and other related topics. Listen to October 16, 2012 […]
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