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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-all-might-be-in-trouble dept.

The Independent reports:

Psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University Phillip Zimbardo (who led the team of researchers who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment) has made the warnings, which form a major part of his latest book, Man (Dis)Connected.

Zimbardo says (in this TED talk) there is a "crisis" amongst young men, a high number of whom are experiencing a "new form of addiction" to excessive use of pornography and video games. Citing the research he and his team conducted for the book, he says: "It begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward centre of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction."

An article from Psychology Today, however, argues that there are no demonstrable scientific links between porn consumption and the disputed phenomenon called 'Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction.'

Could this problem be manifesting itself as the rise of the Hikikomori?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:32PM (#181166)

    http://yourbrainonporn.com/ [yourbrainonporn.com]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:52PM (#181180)

    Looks like a propaganda site that would cherry-pick studies it agrees with to 'prove' its point and ignore scientific consensus and the quality of the studies it is citing. Things like this rely on highly subjective 'science' to dupe people into thinking what they say holds any validity.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:55PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:55PM (#181184)

      Are you saying it's a gewg_-style, bias-ridden, agenda-pushing, fear-mongering site?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:16PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:16PM (#181195)

        A link to a Breitbart page would surely solve the problem.

        -- gewg_