New York: Watching porn is not an addiction like substance abuse and viewers do not elicit the same neurological responses as other addicts, a study has revealed.
"The findings provide clear evidence that porn does not look like other addictions," said sexual psycho-physiologist and lead researcher Nicole Prause.
Prause and her colleagues examined 122 men and women, 55 of whom reported a "porn problem".
The volunteers viewed photos categorised as pleasant, neutral and unpleasant, RT.com reported.
Half of the pleasant photos were erotic.
The team focused on "late positive potential" (LPP), a common measure for the intensity of the brain's emotional response at a given moment.
They found that "porn addicts" showed a lower -- and not higher -- "late positive potential" when viewing sexually explicit images.
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