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Watching too much porn shrinks men’s brains and makes them stupid – apparently
Metro [UK] ^
| 29 May 2014
| Matt Payton
Posted on 05/30/2014 12:42:10 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Heavy use of pornographic material can make men stupid, apparently.
New research suggests that men’s brains shrink as a result of watching too much adult material.
German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development found that men who watch a lot of porn tend to have smaller striatum.
The stratum is a region of the brain concerned with ‘rewards and motivation’ so the researchers believe watching porn damages their brain and makes them lazy.
There is a chicken and egg debate regarding these findings as to which came first, the smaller brains or the heavy usage of porn.
One conclusion is that less intelligent men love pornography.
Last year, a survey by the University of East London reported that 97% of boys and 80% of girls between the ages of 16 and 20 have watched porn.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: napl
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To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
05/30/2014 12:43:42 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Does anyone make think it makes people smarter?
To: Slings and Arrows
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05/30/2014 12:50:54 AM PDT
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GOP Poet
To: nickcarraway
Does anyone make think it makes people smarter?It makes one head bigger.
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05/30/2014 12:54:07 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: GOP Poet
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posted on
05/30/2014 12:54:32 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Pelham; Black Agnes
It amuses me how folks when it suits them point to larger brain size in some humans or mammals as indicative of likely advanced capabilities ...
When its pointed out the markedly smaller sized brains of tropical Africans
Or some Amerindians or jungle Asians and Aboriginals
Then its not important....
It kills me...
Usual refrain.....Einstein had a tiny brain...etc
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posted on
05/30/2014 12:58:27 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
To: wardaddy
It isn’t how big it is, it’s how you use it. (Your brain, that is.)
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posted on
05/30/2014 1:07:14 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/30/2014 1:40:33 AM PDT
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22202NOVA
(This Space For Rent. Offers accepted.)
To: 22202NOVA
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posted on
05/30/2014 1:43:38 AM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Porn makes what smaller? I don’t believe what this....uh....what is this article about again?
To: wardaddy
Average female brain is quite a bit smaller than the average male brain.
Just saying.
To: Slings and Arrows
Satan’s second best trick, after convincing the world he didn’t exist, was getting it to call porn “adult entertainment”.
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posted on
05/30/2014 3:16:06 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: RichInOC
His third-best was bubble packaging.
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posted on
05/30/2014 4:14:35 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: VerySadAmerican
> Porn makes what smaller? I don’t believe what
this....uh....what is this article about again?
Errr...ummm...hey, boobs!
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posted on
05/30/2014 4:17:38 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Fourth best is whatever that clear plastic packaging is made of. That stuff is nearly indestructible, suitable for body armor, and has led to more frustration than all the pornos put together.
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posted on
05/30/2014 4:43:23 AM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: Slings and Arrows
This article sounds like man-hating feminist bull to me.
To: Slings and Arrows
"Watching too much porn shrinks men’s brains and makes them stupid" ************************************************************************************************************************ This kind of stupid comes to mind.
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posted on
05/30/2014 5:19:13 AM PDT
by
Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Personally, I don’t believe watching porn can... uh...
oh... what was I saying?
To: Slings and Arrows
OT Slings..but just heard on TV that results of an extensive study prove cat lovers are smarter than dog lovers. LOL
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05/30/2014 6:22:57 AM PDT
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patriot08
(NATIVE TEXAN (girl type)
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