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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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @12:28AM
>More importantly, porn and video games don't require charisma to interact with.
Neither do adorable young girls.
Remeber: the old religions allow you to have them.
Women's new religions do not. And yes, American Christianity is a new religion.
(Score: 1) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday May 12 2015, @11:08PM
Were you abused as a little boy, or are you just a plain ol' paedophile? Either way, please kill yourself with something alkaline and caustic.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...