interesting...dicuss

http://www.yourbrainonporn.com

lol

is there any truth to this do you think?

lol

So if cheating is proven to be biologically necessary does that remove adultery as a reasonable grounds for divorce?

Social evolution and biological evolution do not change at the same pace, or even in the same direction necessarily. So I don't think that would fly. Just don't get married if you can't keep it in your pants...

If we were nothing more than base animals hawkeye, maybe....But, MOST of us, aren't so its just not acceptable

Read further. It goes near that in the bit where they discuss novelty-dopamine release. If two regular partners do the same thing every time, the dopamine release is less intense. However, if the two try to keep it interesting with new things, then they will keep dopamine levels up.

This is a good read. Nice post Chevs. Thanks. :)

http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/...rain-studies-include-porn

I find this one to be fascinating. Not only are all types of addictions almost the same as far as their impact on the brain, but a huge percentage of people are addicted to the internet itself. Powerful.

Excellent articles.
Research into the neuroplasticity of the brain and how tasks are separated between hemispheres are giving some fascinating results.

Although not exactly the same subject matter, I find this YT video to dovetail the above articles and gives some additional ideas of the awesomeness of brain functions.
http://youtu.be/oPEdDcs_8ZQ

Wow, I think this should be required reading for anyone who deals in sex education and such.

Everywhere it's becoming more and more "porn is no biggie"... but if this is true, even partially, porn is really a bad thing for a lot of people...

It's not just porn, it's the internet in general. The instant gratification provided by today's society encourages people to become desensitized to new experiences. We've become a society based on thrill-seeking, sub-cultures and excess. It takes more and more to keep us entertained, and our expectations continue to increase dramatically.

That's only a problem if our increasing expectations aren't met. With the rate at which new content is being delivered and new technologies are being invented we don't have that problem. Thrill-seeking and sub-culures are good things, and excess what in comparison to what? Our society doesn't encourage us to become desensitized to new experience, it just reduces the amount of time that those experiences remain new. I don't think you can say that that is a bad thing.

becoming desensitized to new experiences won't happen. Someone will make money off selling you something new. That's what this whole society boils down to anyways is $$$.

lol......just lol.

Video games are, I think, definitely working the same way. If any of you have kids, have they used sites like "miniclip"?

I am seeing an amazing result in my son (age 8) where the need for a "new / different" game comes on so quickly that he rarely finishes any game's storyline. In fact, some games have left me wondering "is that all? That was so short!" only to realize that for a large majority of younger users, they never make it to the end anyway.

Today's successful persistent world MMO's are addressing this with content updates, methods to drive user interaction changes, and cross-promotion of new games/products/services within the worlds.

I think social media is rapidly increasing our exposure to new content as we share music, videos, websites, images and even people faster than ever.

So, what next? Is there a way to harness this behavior mechanism, or should we be focusing on "curing" it? For example, blocking the chemistry in the brain, or addressing the root-cause behavioral mechanisms? Or should we say to hell with it and figure out how to profit off it ourselves? ;)