Study on What Pornography Users Pay Attention to Provides Evidence for Addiction
January 7, 2026
Research has shown that pornography usage can disrupt one’s attention span, similar to the behavior of substance addicts.
Research has shown that pornography usage can disrupt one’s attention span, similar to the behavior of substance addicts.
Study shows pornography usage alters the brain in the same way substance addictions do.
Neural Substrates of Sexual Desire in Individuals with Problematic Hypersexual Behavior Ji-Woo Seok and Jin-Hun Sohn Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9, no. 321 (2015): 1–11
The 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report has been released by the State Department of the United States, and Marcel van der Watt (President and CEO
Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP and Director of the Law Center at NCOSE) take a closer look at the impact that
Back in the 1960s, researchers conducted an experiment that conditioned male participants to become sexually aroused by a pair of black, knee-length women’s boots. Subjects
Lisa Thompson joins Haley McNamara to discuss the recent launch of a groundbreaking new report, Not a Fantasy: How the Pornography Industry Exploits Image-based Sexual
This study shows how the compulsive use of pornography leads to a taste for more novel, and sometimes violent, content.
Novelty, Conditioning and Attentional Bias to Sexual Rewards Paula Banca et al. Journal of Psychiatric Research 72, (2016): 91-101
An increasing number of studies found pornography can be addictive. This study by Dr. Valerie Voon shows pornography’s effects on the brain.
OpenAI is considering allowing their tools to be used to create “NSFW” content. Help us tell them why this would be a mistake!
Episode 2 of “The Movement” has launched! We discuss a new bill addressing image-based sexual abuse, a helpful resource published by the NCOSE Research Institute, our petition to the Supreme Court, and more.