[Note: The following contains a frank, though non-graphic,
discussion of pornography addiction. Parents are therefore cautioned to
examine the material themselves before sharing it with children or
teenagers.]
"Because the human brain is the biological anchor of our
psychological experience, it is helpful to understand how it operates."
says William M. Struthers,
associate professor of psychology at Wheaton College. "Knowing how it
is wired together and where it is sensitive can help us understand why
pornography affects people the way it does." Here are 9 things you
should know about pornography affects the brain.
1. Sexually explicit material triggers mirror neurons in the male
brain. These neurons, which are involved with the process for how to
mimic a behavior, contain a motor system that correlates to the planning
out of a behavior. In the case of pornography, this mirror neuron
system triggers the arousal, which leads to sexual tension and a need
for an outlet. "The unfortunate reality is that when he acts out (often
by masturbating), this leads to hormonal and neurological consequences,
which are designed to bind him to the object he is focusing on," says Struthers.
"In God's plan, this would be his wife, but for many men it is an image
on a screen. Pornography thus enslaves the viewer to an image,
hijacking the biological response intended to bond a man to his wife and
therefore inevitably loosening that bond." Continue at Joe Carter
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