A post asking about rewiring: I think that rewiring will help speed things up once normal sensitivity is restored. But do you believe there is a point where a guy either does not ever establish natural pathways for women because he watched porn from say, age 5 to 23. Or do you believe there is […]
This UK debate occurred today via the Internet, and although the audio quality is decent, the visual quality is uneven. Gary mentioned this research in the debate: Adolescents & Pornography. Also see this section studies on the Adolescent Brain Article about the adolescent brain and Internet porn – Why Shouldn’t Johnny Watch Porn If He […]
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Sexual Behaviors Natural and Drug Rewards Act on Common Neural Plasticity Mechanisms with ΔFosB as a Key Mediator (2013) Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens (2012) DeltaFosB in The Nucleus Accumbens is Critical For Reinforcing Effects of Sexual Reward. (2010) Neuroplasticity in the Mesolimbic System Induced […]
COMMENTS: Study found cue-induced cravings, similar to drug addicts, predicted porn addiction. Contrary to popular belief, unsatisfying sexual life had no correlation to porn addiction. Supporting the gratification hypothesis means addiction-like behaviors in response to ones chosen addiction. Laier, C., Pawlikowski, M., Pekal, J., Schulte, F. P., & Brand, M. (2013). Journal of Behavioral Addictions. […]
Comments: PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055162. Epub 2013 Feb 7. Romano M, Osborne LA, Truzoli R, Reed P. Source Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Abstract The study explored the immediate impact of internet exposure on the mood and psychological states of internet addicts and low internet-users. Participants were given a battery of psychological […]
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PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055162. Epub 2013 Feb 7. Romano M, Osborne LA, Truzoli R, Reed P. Source Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Abstract The study explored the immediate impact of internet exposure on the mood and psychological states of internet addicts and low internet-users. Participants were given a battery of psychological tests […]
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Autoradiograms showing dopamine D2 receptor levels in the brains of obese and lean rats at four months of age. Half of the rats, top row of images, had been given unrestricted access to food during the previous three months while the other half, bottom row of images, were kept on a restricted diet. Compared […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 Apr 11. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 811–818. Published online 2013 Jan 29. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.12.020 PMCID: PMC4827347 NIHMSID: NIHMS763035 Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang, Dardo Tomasi, and Ruben D. Baler See commentary “Animal Models Lead the Way to Further Understanding […]
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UPDATES: Much has occurred since the Dr.OZ episode. See – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. See this list articles by many experts who treat and recognize porn-induced ED – Porn-Induced ED in the media (experts) Porn and sexual problems? This list contains 26 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower […]
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Endocrinology. 2013 Mar; 154(3): 1225–1234. Published online 2013 Jan 31. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-2042 Margaret R. Bell and Cheryl L. Sisk Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Adolescent maturation of responses to social stimuli is essential for adult-typical sociosexual behavior. Naturally occurring developmental changes in male Syrian hamster responses […]
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