Pornozavisimost causes memory lapses

View online porn can be detrimental affect memory as German researchers have found. They found that a great interest "strawberry" on the Internet men suffer from excessive forgetfulness.

Scientists from the University of Duisburg-Essen found that pornozavisimost   It is leading to failures in the short memory of the men, which can lead to negative consequences for the rest of their lives. The researchers studied the part of the human brain, which is responsible for maintaining the information for use when performing all sorts of tasks that are important to the process of understanding, reasoning, problem solving and decision making.

In the first study of its kind, experts have asked 28 heterosexual young men with an average age of 26 years on the computer to view images. Some of them contained pornographic images and some neutral. Among the latter were pictures of people laughing, doing sports or carrying a weapon in his hands.

While watching the volunteers had to press a button every time "yes" or "no", indicating whether they had seen these pictures before (screenings were repeated four times). It turned out that when looking at pornographic images of men are many times more likely to choose the wrong answers. The level of correct answers in this case is only 67%, and when viewing neutral images - more than 80%.

The study's authors believe that their findings will help psychologists understand why some people suffering from pornozavisimosti Forget the time to go to bed, miss important meetings, they do not carry out these instructions and behave quite irresponsibly in the relationship. (READ MORE)

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