Study shows too much smut watching is messing with men’s heads

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Keep watching all that smut and your brain is going to stay that way — mushy. 

Men who report watching a buttload (PUN!) of pornography tend to have “less volume and activity in regions of the brain linked to rewards and motivation” according to a new study out of Germany. Published in JAMA Psychiatry, the study doesn’t say watching smut caused the decrease in brain matter and activity, but, there’s a common thread.

“It’s not clear, for example, whether watching porn leads to brain changes or whether people born with certain brain types watch more porn, said Simone Kühn, the study’s lead author from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, in an email.

Unfortunately we cannot answer this question based on the results of the present study,” Kühn said.”

Alright, so porn might not cause men’s heads to turn to oatmeal, but the study does provide the first recorded evidence that excessive pornography consumption is linked to reductions in brain size and activity.

In other news — what activity done in excess is good for people? Even excessive exercise can kill. Moderation is key. Just find a comfortable amount of porn viewing and don’t go overboard. For example, I only watch about three minutes of porn a day. Not counting the two hours of fast forwarding.

[via Yahoo! News]

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