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I write this on my birthday, which just so happened to be my 127 hoursday. This is probably going to be a long post. I write this for me as much as I write it for my fellow fapstronauts. I was hoping to make a 90 day post, but bugs and life got in the […]
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“How Internet Porn Affects the Brain” is a 2015 updated version of the original YBOP 6-part series. A Polish translation of this presentation Supporting materials for this presentation Current state of the research Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 55 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). All provide strong support for the addiction model as […]
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In 2014 Your Brain on Porn made a video on PIED – Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction. This page sets out the science behind our video. Anatomy & physiology teacher Gary Wilson explains the physiology of erections, how overstimulation via today’s Internet porn can create erectile dysfunction (even in young men), and how others have recovered. For […]
In 2013 Your Brain on Porn made a video called Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn. Here is the science we used to make it. Use this transcript to make captions for the video in your language. Version with Portuguese captions SCIENCE RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION (Note – our articles contain multiple citations) Sections containing […]
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Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication 5 January 2016; doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.193 H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 1Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 2Division of Medical Neuroimaging Analysis, Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 3Department of Nuclear […]
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction January 2010 , Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 119-125 Mark D. Griffiths Abstract Research into online gaming addiction is a relatively new area of psychological study. Furthermore, there are studies that have claimed that online gaming addiction may be addictive because of self-report accounts of very excessive use of up to 80 h […]
I am 16 years old and have been PMOing for about 3 years– roughly 1-2 times a day. I used to be very social in middle school until eighth grade when I began PMOing, I turned very depressed, anxious, lonely and sad. I hated my life. This continued up until this most recent streak I […]
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Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2015 Sep;9(3):e421. Naseri L1, Mohamadi J1, Sayehmiri K2, Azizpoor Y3. Author information 1Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran. 2Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran ; Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR […]
JMIR Ment Health. 2015 Apr 22;2(2):e12. doi: 10.2196/mental.3805. Khazaal Y1, Achab S1, Billieux J2, Thorens G1, Zullino D1, Dufour M3, Rothen S1. Abstract BACKGROUND: The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is the most widely used questionnaire to screen for problematic Internet use. Nevertheless, its factorial structure is still debated, which complicates comparisons among existing studies. Most […]