Pornography Affect Brain Memory

Pornography Affect Brain Memory - Sexual stimulation can interfere with short-term memory, a study reveals.

Watching a porn movie for some leisure or increased arousal, but that does not mean the movie is being watched can be settled in the brain. According to recent research results contained in the Journal of Sex Research, Sexual stimulation can affect short-term memory.

Conclusions are obtained peneilti group from the University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany, which examined 28 heterosexual men, with an average age of 26 years who asked to see some pictures of pornography and some other non-pornographic images. They were asked to answer "yes" or "no" as to whether the image is the same as the picture shown on the previous slide 4.


The tests that are conducted to the respondent's test of the brain in charge of maintaining information while executing a task. Memory work is essential for problem-solving, critical berpikiri, and decision making.

In general, the accuracy of the men under women when asked to decide whether they had seen the picture they had just seen than non-pornographic display. To test non-pornographic images percentages refer about 80 percent accuracy. As for impressions pornography, only 67 percent accuracy. The figure far below that when the images were pornographic see it makes the respondent aroused.

This study explains why some people are addicted to pornography on the internet has trouble running the daily tasks, such as the often do not want to sleep, too often reneges on appointments, things like this will eventually have an impact on life.

However, because the sample of respondents is small, it is still not clear whether it would apply also to the male and female homosexuals. Note the researchers, this study needs to be done again for a count of sexual and other gender.