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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other red U.S. states. You have an age verification proposal that is similar…

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[-] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

I’ll bite. Show us the evidence. Peer-reviewed, published studies in respectable journals.

[-] weedazz@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From JAMA Psychiatry https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24871202/

The negative association of self-reported pornography consumption with the right striatum (caudate) volume, left striatum (putamen) activation during cue reactivity, and lower functional connectivity of the right caudate to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex could reflect change in neural plasticity as a consequence of an intense stimulation of the reward system, together with a lower top-down modulation of prefrontal cortical areas. Alternatively, it could be a precondition that makes pornography consumption more rewarding.

As OP said constantly stimulating your reward pathway with instant gratification like porn does have lasting changes in your brain.

But fuck Texas also I don't support this bill

[-] AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Alternatively, it could be a precondition that makes pornography consumption more rewarding.

It could change your brain. Or it could not. They're just theorizing.

[-] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. The study seems to indicate a negative correlation between porn usage and gray matter. I’d love to see more research on this, perhaps over the course of several years. I’d also love to know what the r64 metric they kept using for correlation is.

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