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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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:10PM (#181191)

    The parent comment should be modded up. It makes some good points, even if some SJW tyrant didn't agree and downmodded it inappropriately.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:13PM (#181193)

    "mod my comment up"

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:15PM (#181194)

      Why do you keep replying to yourself?

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

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:10PM (#181211)

        "because my comment needs to be modded up to counter-act its mind boggling stupidity that causes Social Justice Warriors to mod it down to protect my from my own myopic idiocy"

        Hello, my name is AC, and I am a Hikikomori.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:13PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:13PM (#181213)

          Hi, AC. It's nice to meet you. I hope you get treatment for your Hakimokokri disease. It sounds real awful.