Watching porn impairs memory

People who love to watch porn on the Internet, at risk losing their memory. Indeed, they risk the loss of short-term memory, says, Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily referring to The Daily Mail. These are the results of research conducted by German scientists. In the experiment, experts examined the area of the brain responsible for storing information that is important to understand and perform certain tasks, and decision-making.

According to psychologists, the negative effect of watching porn is explained by the fact that sexual arousal directly affects the cognitive processes. Previous studies have shown that when viewing pornography the area of the brain responsible for emotion, arousal and attention is active.

“Sexual arousal interferes with the functioning of the working memory,” the study author Christian Lyer said.