Authors Søren Dinesen Østergaard First published: 21 September 2017 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12819 Cited by (CrossRef): 0 articles Last updated 27 September 2017 Facebook, the largest social media network, currently has approximately 2 billion monthly users [1], corresponding to more than 25% of the world’s population. While the existence of an online social network may seem harmless […]
Since 2016, an audacious red herring has insinuated itself into the tweets and blogs of some AASECT sexologists: the notion that PIED (porn-induced erectile dysfunction) is caused by masturbation. Without offering any scientific support, this band of porn-apologists has determined to persuade us that porn is not behind the recent rise of coital ED in […]
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J Affect Disord. 2017 Aug 10;226:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.005. Wang HR1, Cho H1, Kim DJ2. Abstract BACKGROUND: We investigated the prevalence and correlates of comorbid depression among patients with internet gaming disorder using the Internet Gaming Disorder scale (IGD-9) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) among nonclinical online survey respondents. METHODS: Korean adolescents and adults from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]