THE REALLY SHORT VERSION: Some years ago, David Ley and study spokesperson Nicole Prause teamed up to write a Psychology Today blog post about Steele et al., 2013 called “Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive“. The blog post appeared 5 months before Prause’s EEG study was formally published. Its oh-so-catchy title is misleading […]
Excessive Porn Consumption Can Cause Erectile Dysfunction – Myth or Truth? by Takeesha Roland-Jenkins, MS | October 6, 2017 There’s a growing trend of healthy young men using medications like Viagra and Cialis, drugs intended for older men and those with health-related erectile dysfunction (ED). Many of these young men (unknowingly?) use these drugs to […]
Video by Gabe Deem –Porn Addiction Is NOT Sex Addiction: SASH Conference, 2015 UPDATE (2018): Study finds differences between porn use and other forms of problematic sexual behavior, and researchers wonder if internet porn use should be categorized separately from hypersexuality (“sex addiction”): One issue is whether problematic pornography use may be considered a subcategory […]
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKdP0ifBqi8[/youtube] How Technology is Like Bug Sex by Nir Eyal in Users This week, thousands of people swarmed the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Looking from above, the scene resembled an insect infestation of scampering masses in a hive of the latest must-haves. [Note: this article is 5 years old, but the video […]
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YBOP Comments: This was written in response to David Ley’s blog post attacking nofap. It serves a bigger purpose: 1) to expose that the so-called science contradicting porn addiction is smoke and mirrors, and 2) the papers claiming to refute porn addiction come from two individuals who often team up – Nicole Prause & David […]
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 May 14;15(5). pii: E987. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15050987. Chwaszcz J1, Lelonek-Kuleta B2, Wiechetek M3, Niewiadomska I4, Palacz-Chrisidis A5. Abstract Among the many contributing factors in addictions there are also those describing the individual characteristics and ways of dealing with various life challenges. Despite numerous studies in this area, there is […]
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 25, June 2017, Pages 209-220 Author links open overlay panelAhna BallonoffSuleimanaAdrianaGalvánbK. PaigeHardencRonald E.Dahla https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.09.004Get rights and content Highlights • Despite progress in developmental neuroscience of adolescence, there has been little focus on sexual and romantic development. • Frameworks of pubertal maturation need to consider pubertal brain maturation as necessary for romantic […]
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 25, June 2017, Pages 209-220 open access Author links open overlay panel Ahna BallonoffSuleimana AdrianaGalvánbK. PaigeHardencRonald E.Dahla https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.09.004Get rights and content Under a Creative Commons license Highlights • Despite progress in developmental neuroscience of adolescence, there has […]
Pediatr Int. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1111/ped.13564. Kietglaiwansiri T1, Chonchaiya W2,3. Abstract BACKGROUND: Video game playing is a favorite leisure activity amongst children worldwide. Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often lack of self-control which make them at risk for substance abuse and game addiction. However, there have been conflicting results between studies on the pattern […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 23;9:154. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00154. eCollection 2018. Liu L1,2, Yao YW2, Li CR3,4, Zhang JT2, Xia CC5, Lan J1, Ma SS1, Zhou N1, Fang XY1. Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is characterized by cognitive and emotional deficits. Previous studies have reported the co-occurrence of IGD and depression. However, extant brain imaging research has […]