Behav Med. 2017 Sep 14:0. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2017.1378608. Männikkö N1,2, Ruotsalainen H1, Demetrovics Z3, Lopez-Fernandez O4,5, Myllymäki L1, Miettunen J1,6, Kääriäinen M1,6. Abstract Multi-platform digital media use and gaming have been increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to examine associations between socio-demographics and digital gaming behavior characteristics (i.e., gaming time, medium, and […]
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Dubbed The Porn Diet, the series by health officials from Nova Scotia wants to get more people talking about the taboo topic and its impact. Portable and easily accessible internet porn has the potential to impact our mental health and we need to start talking about it. That’s the message a group of mental health […]
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Jarryd Bartle’s article “Relax Folks! Pornography is Not the End of Civilisation” cherry picks a few random studies and cites a one-page letter to the editor to support claims, while simultaneously ignoring the vast preponderance of evidence. Bartle is employed by the “The Eros Association“, which calls itself – Australia’s adults-only industry association. Please note […]
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In case you missed this TIME cover story about porn-induced sexual dysfunctions, it is no longer behind a paywall. Read it here. The text: Noah Church is a 26-year-old part-time wildland firefighter in Portland, Ore. When he was 9, he found naked pictures on the Internet. He learned how to download explicit videos. When he […]
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Davis, Kelly Cue, Jeanette Norris, William H. George, Joel Martell, and Julia R. Heiman. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 21, no. 9 (2006): 1208-1223. Abstract Previous research findings indicate that women suffer a variety of detrimental effects from exposure to violent pornography. This study used an experimental paradigm to examine the effects of a moderate alcohol […]
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Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25;104(1):111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.048. Pritchett CE1, Hajnal A. Abstract Chronic overeating of obesogenic diets can lead to obesity, reduced dopamine signaling, and increased consumption of added sugars to compensate for blunted reward. However, the specific role of diet composition yet remains unknown. To study this, Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed a high-energy […]
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PLoS One. 2017 Aug 31;12(8):e0183685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183685. Cook JB1,2, Hendrickson LM1,3, Garwood GM3, Toungate KM3, Nania CV1, Morikawa H1,3. Abstract Similar to drugs of abuse, the hedonic value of food is mediated, at least in part, by the mesostriatal dopamine (DA) system. Prolonged intake of either high calorie diets or drugs of abuse both lead […]
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F inding a needle in a haystack would be easier than finding an adolescent male who hasn’t seen online porn. Surveys indicate the average boy watches roughly two hours of porn every week with porn viewing becoming common by age 15. The most popular porn site—PornHub—reported that the average Millennial porn session lasts 9 minutes, […]
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Pantic, Igor, Anita Milanovic, Barbara Loboda, Agata Błachnio, Aneta Przepiórka, Dejan Nesic, Sanja Mazic, Stefan Dugalic, and Sinisa Ristic. Psychiatry Research (2017). Highlights We tested the relationship between Internet addiction, self-esteem and narcissism. On a sample of 244 students, we also investigated social networking activities. Significant negative correlation between internet addiction score and self-esteem. There […]
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J Behav Addict. 2017 Aug 17:1-3. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.049. Higuchi S1, Nakayama H1, Mihara S1, Maezono M1, Kitayuguchi T1, Hashimoto T1. ABSTRACT Data from a specialist treatment facility for Internet addiction (IA) in Japan showed that (a) the vast majority of treatment seekers are addicted to online games, (b) their symptoms are often quite severe, and […]
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