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  • Your Brain on Porn

  • Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
  • By: Gary Wilson
  • Narrated by: Noah Church
  • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (501 ratings)

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By: Gary Wilson
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Summary

Revised and updated in December 2017.

When high speed Internet became widely available a few years ago, growing numbers of people began to worry that their porn use was running out of control. Far from preparing them for fulfilling relationships, viewing an endless stream of porn videos led to unexpected symptoms. Perhaps most surprisingly, for the first time in history erectile dysfunction was becoming a significant problem for young men. This led to one of the largest informal experiments in the history of science. Tens of thousands of people have tried abstaining from sexually stimulating material in a process they call "rebooting." Many of them reported startling changes, from improved concentration and elevated mood to a greater capacity for real-life intimacy.

Gary Wilson has listened to the stories of those who have tried giving up Internet porn and related them to an account of how the reward system of the brain interacts with its environment. And now a growing body of research in neuroscience is confirming what these pioneers have discovered for themselves - Internet pornography can be seriously addictive and damaging.

In Your Brain on Porn Wilson provides a concise introduction to the phenomenon of Internet porn addiction that draws on both first-person accounts and the findings of cognitive neuroscience. In a voice that is generous and humane, he also offers advice for those who want to stop using Internet pornography. The publication of Your Brain on Porn is a landmark in our attempts to understand, and remain balanced in, a world where addiction is big business.

©2014, 2017 Gary Wilson (P)2017 Gary Wilson
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Very informative

This book is packed witch great insights. From how the brain functions fundamentally, to how porn influences and uses these mechanisms to cause problems.

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Helpful, but not flawless

It has a lot of relevant information but sometimes leans a bit heavily on Reddit threads

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Good

Goes into detail how porn is damaging your brains rewards system and depleting your overall enjoyment of life . Also has a lot of own people experiences of how it’s changed their lives

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Informative and helpful

Very good book. 5 hours of facts and statistics which proofs how nowadays pornography can be damaging and dangerous

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A much needed book

For those whose lives are challenged by porn and the generations to come who will be this book is an important stepping stone in revealing and dealing with the dangers of porn

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Everyone teenager should go through this book.

This is critical information in todays world... We have a true problem in the emergence of virtual reality. Excellent book.

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Very informative!

Very informative and has motivated me to kick porn out of my life, I definitely reccomend.

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Good book, but could be better

This book as great message, and generally good content, but i found it bit confusing because it lacks a nice systematic structure.

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life changing

This book has given me an amazing perspective on my (hopefully old) habbit. .

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Incifull and useful information for porn users!

"We are what we consume!"
Lots of information, now we can make an informed choice.

Also, best narrator voice that I heard recently.

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