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Porn Sex vs Real Sex: The Differences Explained with Food

Porn: Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn


This half-hour presentation describes the science behind sexual conditioning and the unique vulnerabilities of the adolescent brain--and explains why today's highspeed porn can cause unexpected effects in some users' brains. Follow this link for more information and the science behind this presentation.

For lists of studies supporting this presentation see the following pages: 

  1. Studies linking porn use or porn/sex addiction to sexual dysfunctions, lower brain activation to sexual stimuli, and lower sexual satisfaction
  2. Brain studies on Porn Users
  3. Research confirms sharp rise in youthful sexual dysfunctions

For the many experts who recognize porn-induced sexual dysfunctions, visit Your Brain on Porn for more information.

Porn: Is free pornography destroying our brain?

This exceptional documentary is a must watch for parents and teens. Australian sexuality educator and presenter Liz Walker, was invited to New Zealand to be involved in the making for TV3s 3D program.

School kids today are watching porn like never before. It's free, it's instant and it's having a devastating effect.

3D spoke to porn users and porn addicts, as well as a sex educator and a top international scientist who say this new type of porn can actually alter our brains.

Porn: My Kid Downloaded Porn!

Porn: Porn on the Brain

Porn: The great porn experiment

In response to Philip Zimbardo's "The Demise of Guys?" TED talk, Gary Wilson asks whether our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today's Internet enticements. He also discusses the disturbing symptoms showing up in some heavy Internet users, the surprising reversal of those symptoms, and the science behind these 21st century phenomena.

Find more research links.

Porn: The Porn Paradox


Megan Johnson unpacks: porn is legal. Sex trafficking is not. They are completely unrelated. Right?  This  talk is a paradigm shifting concept that has you asking, "Am I part of the problem? Or will I be part of the solution?”

Porn: The Science of Pornography Addiction


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. Great video for teens.

Porn: Why I stopped using Porn