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#628 - Dr K Healthy Gamer - Why Are We All So Addicted To Our Screens?

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The Neuroscience of Porn Use

One of the best predictors for pathological porn use is the age at which you first become exposed to it. We know that when you have a developing brain, adding a substance to it makes us more vulnerable to it long term. So my guess is that pornography has some similar neuroscientific mechanism where even if you're because these people are pre-pubescent usually when they're exposed, which means that they don't get aroused.

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