Porn may ‘shut down’ the visual part of your brain
A new study may have implications for sexual dysfunction, as it shows that for the brain, safety is paramount and anxiety is a libido-killer.
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What does that mean? Probably that our brain recognizes the erotic trajectory of what we’re seeing, knows what comes next, and may be sending blood to other parts of the body rather than the brain’s visual processing area.