In "The Brain That Changes Itself" Doidge, who is on faculty at Columbia University and the University of Toronto, discusses neuroplascticity or the notion that the brain can rewire itself to overcome deficiencies, even after serious brain damage.
This ability also makes the brain especially susceptible to outside influences, like drugs and, as Doidge discusses, pornography.
When an individual views pornography the brain releases dopamine, which associates feelings of pleasure and reinforcement with viewing pornography. As the individual continues to regularly view pornography the brain is rewired and addicted.
Dr. Doidge: "Plasticity is like snow on a ski hill . . . Because the snow is pliable, when you first get on that hill you can take many paths down the hill. But because it's pliable, it also means that if you choose to take the same path over and over, you'll get stuck in tracks and locked into a rigid path."
Pornography hijacks the higher functions of the human brain. Yet we continue to allow the Internet to serve this unwanted material in our homes and schools where our children live and play.
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