Get The Facts: How Porn Can Change The Brain
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Because of neuroplasticity, our brains constantly change in healthy ways that help us learn and complete tasks more efficiently. Yet, supernormal stimuli such as porn can trigger measurable changes that can influence our lives in unhealthy ways.
This episode is a part of our Get The Facts series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn’s harms to help you be more informed and more empowered with the facts.
You can find our Get The Facts articles and sources for the claims made in this episode at ftnd.org/GetTheFacts
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| 1:24.6 | Welcome to Part 9 of our Get the Facts series where we explore the research on a |
| 1:29.0 | specific topic surrounding porn's harms on individuals, relationships, and society to help you |
| 1:34.6 | be more informed and empowered with the facts. Today's episode is how porn can change the brain. |
| 1:41.0 | You can find the sources to the claims made in this episode or read along at FtndD.org forward slash get the brain. You can find the sources to the claims made in this episode or read along at |
| 1:45.4 | Ftndd.org forward slash get the facts. Now let's get to the episode. We've all heard the phrase, |
| 1:53.1 | it's just like riding a bike. That phrase is supposed to remind us that our old skills are |
| 1:59.1 | never more than a few minutes of practice away. |
| 2:01.9 | And indeed, if you've ever geared up for a ride after many bikeless years, or picked up an old |
| 2:07.6 | musical instrument, you know that beneath all of the awkwardness and rust, your old skills are |
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