An increasing number of studies found pornography can be addictive. This study by Dr. Valerie Voon shows pornography’s effects on the brain.
Classification of compulsive sexual behavior as an addictive disorder might benefit clinicians, researchers, and suffering individuals.
“Ethical” pornography is an oxymoron—one of massive proportions. Here are four reasons why so-called ethical pornography is a myth.
Neuroscientists are now able to see functional and structural differences between those who consume porn vs. those who don’t.
A review of popular theory of addiction explaining why people with behavioral addictions persist despite negative consequences.
Sharing findings from and NCOSE Research Institute commentary on Simone Kühn and Jürgen Gallinat in JAMA Psychiatry 71, no. 7 (2014).
Sharing findings from and NCOSE Research Institute commentary on Valerie Voon in PLoS ONE 9, no. 7 (2014).
Sharing findings from and NCOSE Research Institute commentary on J. Castro-Calvo et al. in Addictive Behaviors Reports (2021).
“It all started for me at a pretty young age. It was all innocent enough. My neighborhood friend found his dad’s stash of Playboys and
SPECT (single-photon emission computerized tomography) brain scans of addictive pornography users are alarming. Even to the untrained eye, the brains of pornography addicts are visibly
Arkansas elected officials have passed a resolution formally recognizing the public health harms of pornography. “We are in the midst of a digital and sexual
[Note: this article contains medical discussion of sexual dysfunctions.] A new paper investigating the harms of pornography has been published, and its findings are cause
