“The Addictive Brain” S:1 E:12 Junk Food, Porn, Video Games – Addictions?

S:1 E:12 Junk Food, Porn, Video Games – Addictions? The course concludes with an exploration of other potentially addictive behaviors. Professor Polk argues that some artificial stimuli – junk food, pornography, and video games to name three – are “supernormal,” meaning that they actually activate the brain’s reward circuit more strongly than natural stimuli do, leading to some of the same neurological effects as drug use.