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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:10PM
"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
Hi, AC. It's nice to meet you. I hope you get treatment for your Hakimokokri disease. It sounds real awful.