The Impact of Internet Pornography on Adolescents: A Review of the Research (2012)

THE FULL STUDY Eric W. Owens, Richard J. Behun, Jill C. Manning, Rory C. Reid Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity Vol. 19, Iss. 1-2, 2012 Version of record first published: 09 Apr 2012 Abstract The recent proliferation of Internet-enabled technology has significantly changed the way adolescents encounter and consume sexually explicit material. Once confined to a […]

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Oxytocin, Fidelity and Sex (2012)

Can a guy keep himself faithful by jacking up oxytocin? “A study published Tuesday in the Journal of Neuroscience has uncovered a surprising new property of oxytocin, finding that when men in monogamous relationships got a sniff of the stuff, they subsequently put a little extra space between themselves and an attractive woman they’d just […]

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Cognitive Biases toward Internet Game-Related Pictures and Executive Deficits in Individuals with an Internet Game Addiction (2012)

PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048961. Epub 2012 Nov 14.   Zhou Z, Yuan G, Yao J. Source Department of Psychology, Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cue-related go/no-go switching task provides an experimental approach to study individual’s flexibility in changing situations. Because Internet addiction disorder […]

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“Porned Out”

Erectile Dysfunction, Depression, and 7 More (Selfish) Reasons to Quit Porn “It’s hard to imagine that a whole generation chain-smoked cigarettes without having any idea how harmful they are, but the same thing is happening today with online pornography. If you want to learn about the health risks of porn now instead of waiting a […]

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