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| Damaging? Viewing explicit images might have an effect on our health |
Too much po*rn can make men stupid, scientists have revealed.
A study by German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development found that men who watch a lot of p*orn generally have a smaller striatum
The striatum is the part of the brain which processes 'rewards and motivation' - leading scientists to believe that po*rnography damages this function.
They can also have less grey matter, making their brains generally smaller than those of men who rarelywatch it.
The female leading author of the study Simone Kühn, did point out however, that it isn't clear whether Xrated material is making brains smaller, or whether men with a decreased striatum tend to watch it more often.
She added that the striatum is less active with men who consume a lot of s*xual images.
Dr Kühn said: "Moreover we found that another brain region, that is also part of the striatum that is active when people see s*xual stimuli, shows less activation the more po*rnography participants consumed."
The study questioned 64 men aged 21 to 45 about their p*orn watching habits and examined who their brains reacted to p*ornographic images.
While it isn't clear that p*orn is the root cause of men's decreasing brains, it is fair to say that it could have a detrimental effect on them.
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