2013-02-20

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It's the number one topic for internet searches, but do we ever consider how pornography can have lasting neuroplastic effects? Discover the hard science behind the 'porn epidemic' - the internet's drug of choice.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Mitchell Moffit

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Gregory Brown

http://www.gregorybrownart.tumblr.com

http://www.twitter.com/whalewatchmeplz

Further Reading --

Is Porn an Addiction?

1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050060/

The Great Porn Experiment:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wSF82AwSDiU

Brain Plasticity:

1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11252991

2) http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1995-44134-001

3) http://www.pnas.org/content/100/3/1405.full

Relationship Effects:

1) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ab.20328/abstract

2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449010

3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21259151

Books:

1) The Brain That Changes Itself - Norman Doidge, M.D.

2) The Alchemy of Love and Lust - T.L. Crenshaw