FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 2, 2022·3 min readMen With Sex Addiction May Have Elevated Levels of the Love Hormone OxytocinHypersexual disorder, or sex addiction, in males is associated with higher levels of oxytocin within the blood.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosPsychology·December 29, 2019·4 min readWatching pornography rewires the brain to a more juvenile stateFrom eroding the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain critical for impulse control, to damaging the dopamine reward system, researchers evaluate the impact of viewing pornography on the brain.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·September 23, 2019·5 min readHormone potentially linked to hypersexual disorder identifiedStudy implicates dysregulation of epigenetic mechanisms of both DNA methylation and microRNA activity, in addition to oxytocin to hypersexuality.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 2, 2015·4 min readHypersexual Disorder Linked to Overactive Stress SystemA new study links hypersexual disorder to hyperactive stress systems.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 11, 2014·5 min readBrain Activity in Sex Addiction Mirrors That of Drug AddictionA new neuroimaging study finds pornography triggers brain activity of sex addicts much the same way as drugs trigger the brains of drug addicts.Read More
