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The text frames how technological innovations reshape thinking, while also emphasizing that quick medical “fixes” are not a substitute for education and sustained inquiry. It discusses the social and psychological impacts of pervasive internet technologies and argues that pornography changes sexual motivation toward solitary, less connected behaviors, influencing individuals and communities.","Your Brain On Porn  \nInternet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction  \nGary Wilson  \nYour Brain on Porn  \nCopyright Gary Wilson, 2014  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission.  \nCover design by Kieran McCann.  \nThe moral rights ofthe author have been asserted.  \nThe information contained in this text is not intended, nor implied, to be a substitute for professional medical advice. It is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment. Talk with your healthcare provider about any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Nothing contained in this text is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment.  \nCommonwealth Publishing  \ncommonwealth-publishing.com  \nFor A. Masquilier, whose selflessness and foresight made possible the open dialogue that continues to fuel recoveries by the thousands.  \nContents  \nForeword: Neuroscience, the Internet and the Good Life by Professor Anthony Jack  \nIntroduction  \nChapter 1: What Are We Dealing With?  \nChapter 2: Wanting Run Amok  \nChapter 3: Regaining Control  \nConcluding Reflections  \nNeuroscience, the Internet and the Good Life  \nProfessor Anthony Jack  \nThe human mind is shaped by the intersection of two powerful forces: biology and culture. Cultural changes, in particular technological innovations, profoundly alter how we think. Yet these changes do not occur on a blank slate. The brain is a highly plastic, flexible organ. But it is also an accident of evolution, with numerous constraints. The written word, for example, has transformed our ability to understand the world, greatly accelerating changes in technology and fundamentally changing human consciousness. Yet, unlike verbal language, reading and writing do not emerge spontaneously from human sociability. Literacy only reliably arises as the product of well-organized social institutions dedicated to education.  \nLiteracy requires training that alters the basic wiring of the brain. It takes serious work to organize neurons into a highly efficient specialized system that links visual processing to the verbal language system and manual motor outputs. Sustained and guided attention changes the structure ofthe brain and endows it with new powers.  \nThe great promise of the rapidly advancing field of human neuroscience is that it can help us to understand how cultural contexts interact with the brain to create the mind-how behaviours and ways of thinking inscribe themselves inside our skulls. It gives us a new way to put human consciousness under the light of scientific understanding. Neuroscience offers guidance that can help us fulfill our potential and avoid pitfalls along the way.  \nBut we mustn’t fool ourselves that this emerging science will deliver quick and easy fixes – fixes like taking a pill, having surgery, or passing laws severely restricting what others are allowed to do. The best way to train our plastic brains to work effectively in their cultural context is through education, inquiry and contemplation, a process that takes a lot oftime and patience.  \nThe widespread availability of high-power computers, coupled with high-speed internet connectivity, has ushered in an era of technological change whose capacity to shape human consciousness is comparable to the invention of the printing press. The internet is now everywhere. It is not just in the office buildings of the most developed countries, but also, through smartphones, in the hands of individuals ofall ages everywhere. Information is flowing around the world at a quantity, speed, and with a lack of barriers that represents a sea-change from the past. 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