Modulation of late positive potentials by sexual images in problem users and controls inconsistent with "porn addiction"
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.06.005
Modulation of late positive potentials by sexual images in problem users and controls inconsistent with "porn addiction"
Abstract
"Excessive" viewing of visual sexual stimuli (VSS) is the most commonly reported hypersexual behavior problem and is especially amenable to laboratory study. A pattern of enhanced sexual cue responsiveness is expected in this sample if hypersexuality shares features of other addiction models. Participants (N=122) who either reported or denied problematic VSS use were presented with emotional, including explicit sexual, images while their evoked response potentials were recorded. An interaction of hypersexual problem group and the level of desire for sex with a partner predicted LPP amplitude. Specifically, those reporting problems regulating their VSS use who also reported higher sexual desire had lower LPP in response to VSS. This pattern appears different from substance addiction models. These are the first functional physiological data of persons reporting VSS regulation problems.
Keywords: Addiction theory; Cue-reactivity; Hypersexuality; Late positive potential; Pornography “addiction”; Sexual desire.
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Comment in
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Decreased LPP for sexual images in problematic pornography users may be consistent with addiction models. Everything depends on the model. (Commentary on Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, & Hajcak, 2015).Biol Psychol. 2016 Oct;120:156-158. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 May 24. Biol Psychol. 2016. PMID: 27235125 No abstract available.
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Prause et al. (2015) the latest falsification of addiction predictions.Biol Psychol. 2016 Oct;120:159-161. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.007. Epub 2016 Jun 16. Biol Psychol. 2016. PMID: 27318185 No abstract available.
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