Environ Health Prev Med. 2019 Jan 5;24(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12199-018-0759-3. Iwaibara A1,2, Fukuda M2, Tsumura H3, Kanda H4. Abstract BACKGROUND: School teachers have a possibility toward at-risk Internet addiction (IA) due to increased opportunities to use the Internet, along with the spread of the Internet in recent years. Burnout syndrome (BOS) is found to be one […]
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Anna E. Ward Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 4.1 (Spring 2018): Abstract: This essay focuses on the use of brain imaging technologies to understand sexual arousal and orgasm and the issues that this practice raises for feminist theories of embodiment, visuality, and gender. In the first section, the paper examines the use of brain imaging technologies […]
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Is overstimulation driving the sexes apart? “Young Japanese men are growing indifferent or even averse to sex, while married couples are starting to have it even less,” reports The Wall Street Journal, citing a 2010 poll. The trend is escalating rapidly. More than 36% of men aged 16 to 19 have no interest in sex, […]
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Public Health. 2018 Oct 19;165:16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.010. Tang CSK1, Wu AMS2, Yan ECW3, Ko JHC4, Kwon JH5, Yogo M6, Gan YQ7, Koh YYW8. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the relative risks of addiction to the Internet, online gaming and online social networking of college students in six Asian countries/regions (Singapore, Hong Kong [HK]/Macau, […]
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Oct 2; 115(40): 9882–9888. Published online 2018 Oct 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1611617114 PMCID: PMC6176643 PMID: 30275306 Abstract To clarify and quantify the influence of video game violence (VGV) on aggressive behavior, we conducted a metaanalysis of all prospective studies to date that assessed the relation between exposure to […]
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Grudging tribute from the porn/sex industry: Wilson’s book has been an unbeatable Amazon bestseller in the “pornography studies” category since publication. ~ Gustavo Turner, XBIZ: The Industry Source (2021) Praise from Nordic Model Now: Isn’t it better for women and children if men kick their porn habit? And if that takes understanding the addictive neurological, […]
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Sexual brain training matters—especially during adolescence (Note: View numerous comments below this article) It’s normal for kids to want to learn all about sex, especially during puberty and adolescence. This is when reproduction becomes the brain’s top priority. For this we can thank the specifics of teen-brain development. Think of an adolescent jungle primate watching […]
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Introduction Compulsive porn users often describe escalation in their porn use that takes the form of greater time viewing or seeking out new genres of porn. New genres that induce shock, surprise, violation of expectations or even anxiety can function to increase sexual arousal, and in porn users whose response to stimuli is growing blunted […]
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I had struggled with PMO for a solid 6-7 years, until January when I had one of my longest streaks ever. After that ended, I got discouraged and binged for about a month and a half. Then came mid-March, which, as of August 5th, was the last time I masturbated. I had dreamed for years […]
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Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Apr 13. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12662. Kitazawa M1, Yoshimura M1, Murata M2, Sato-Fujimoto Y3, Hitokoto H4,5, Mimura M6, Tsubota K1, Kishimoto T6. Abstract AIM: Research on the adverse effects of internet use has gained importance recently. However, there is currently insufficient data on Japanese young adults’ internet use, so we conducted a survey […]
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