Fakta menarik untuk err..kaki blue..

Beb.jumpe lagi. Sebenarnya masih ada banyak lagi yang boleh share, tapi pasal aku jumpe menatang ni dulu, That why i like to share. Errr. Sorry if it looks like pervert`s articles. But if you wanna learn the reason, why not we shared. The original articles is in English. So i just let it be. Tak berani nak goreng-goreng omputih, nanti salah translate, lari pula maksudnya. So, enjoy the fact okeh!

HOW WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY CHANGES THE BRAIN
by Mohamed Ghilan, UVic Neuroscience

It is now recognized in neuroscience that the brain is malleable. It changes with our experience and forms pathways and connections that correlate with what we watch, listen to, and learn. From the active engagement in a philosophical discussion in class to the learning of directions in the new city you moved into; even the seemingly passive sitting down to listen to music or watch television results in a constant formation of new connections in the brain that eventually make us who we are as individuals. A huge problem, albeit a silent one, that has reached epidemic proportions is the viewing of pornography, which affects men more so than it does women.

The great majority of articles on the problematic nature of this subject typically speak about it from a psychological and/or social perspective. This article, however, will shed light on the effects of viewing pornography from a neuroscience perspective.

The current model explaining how we learn and remember things at the brain level uses synaptic plasticity as the basis. Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the brain to change the strength in connections between the neurons (brain cells) in response to experience. This involves changing the amount and types of receptors expressed, as well as the amount of neurotransmitters (communication molecules) being released.

A vital neurotransmitter in the brain is dopamine. It has many important roles that it serves in functions such as voluntary movement, motivation, reward, punishment, and learning. Dopamine has been implicated in children with ADHD, cognitive decline due to aging, and depression. Most of the public’s knowledge about dopamine is about famous individuals with Parkinson’s disease such as Muhammad Ali and Michael J Fox, who have dopamine dysfunction pathology.

A vital role for dopamine is in pleasure experience, reward, and learning. Drugs such as cocaine target the dopaminergic system to release great amounts of dopamine which results in experiencing a “high,” often leading to addiction. A number of studies have implicated dopamine in either the anticipation or the direct experience of pleasure. Depending on the brain area, dopamine can be released either prior to or during the moments of heightened pleasure. When released, dopamine strengthens and reinforces the new connections that are being made in the brain while an activity is undertaken.  This in turn acts to encourage the individual to repeat the activity again so they can feel that pleasure once more.

How is this relevant to pornography? As the images are displayed on the screen, an arousal takes place and the dopaminergic system is triggered just like it would be by drugs such as cocaine. The newly formed connections in the brain from watching pornographic images become greatly reinforced by the massive amounts of dopamine being released. Rather than going into short term memory, where these images can be forgotten after the screen is turned off, the dopamine reinforcement ensures they’re moved into the long-term memory stores where they can be stuck in replay mode in the person’s mind. The troublesome fact about this is that the more something is recalled, the more it solidifies it in the brain. Think back to your school days when you studied for an exam – you repeated the statements you needed to memorize over and over until they stuck.

Pornography is fantasy. Different scenes present with different women give the illusion of the watcher having a relationship with a new person every time. These “stars” subject themselves to different demeaning sexual practices by the men in the scenes. The acts in their totality are detestable to most mentally healthy people. However, the design of the act in a pornographic scene is to link one or two normally arousing and familiar elements with others that are not. This is how the viewer acquires new tastes in sexual practice. Electromagnetic waves are emitted from the screen with a fantasy that triggers a chemical reaction in the brain, releasing dopamine. The result is a feeling of a real, yet delusional, state of pleasure and satisfaction. The dopamine reinforces the new connections with newly acquired sexual tastes, and the next thing taking place is the man asking his wife to engage in a sexual fantasy that was downloaded into his subconscious.

The sequence of events in the brain is quite disturbingly simple. Synaptic plasticity works to form new connections as a result of watching pornography, and newly learned memories are stored. Since the experience is an arousing one, dopamine release results in very strong reinforcement of those new connections. Now that the scenes are in long-term memory, two consequences take place: 1) since the very same system stimulated by cocaine is being triggered by pornography, addiction is developed; and 2) the man will often attempt to create his own re-enactments with his wife, which leads to a great disappointment. The re-enactments do not live up to expectations because instead of many different women, it’s now only one. Worse yet, this only one woman doesn’t sound, act, or look the same as the ones downloaded into his mind. Although the first couple of re-enactments might be exciting, soon reality will strike and dopamine will no longer be released because pleasure is no longer derived.

Sadly, that’s not the end of it. After such a disappointment in the actual experience due to the unrealistic fantasy-based expectations, the brain not only refrains from releasing dopamine; it actually dips below baseline levels. It goes into a depression response that results in disappointment, dissatisfaction, and unhappiness in the marriage since the wife is “not up to what he expected”. Despite the efforts by many women to “spice things up” and even subject themselves to the demeaning acts that have been artificially downloaded into their husbands’ brains, the pornography-addicted husbands will only enjoy themselves for a very short while before losing interest. Meanwhile, the wife feels unattractive and emotionally abandoned despite her best efforts, not knowing that she couldn’t compete with the dopamine buzz offered by pornography.

What’s alarming about this information is that the brain acts as a whole entity; its plasticity is global. Change in one area affects other regions. It is a literal rewiring of overall neural connections as a result of pornography viewing. The extent of influence on other parts of the brain and cognition is an area of research requiring attention.

While neuroscience paints a very disturbing picture for those affected by watching pornography, it’s not all bad news. Although the same system for cocaine addiction is targeted by it, the substance is not the same. A cocaine addict must go through a regimented program to detoxify his system or otherwise he’ll be placing his life at risk. On the other hand, many men that have learned about the real stark effects of watching pornography are able to quit immediately without experiencing negative physiological consequences. It does take a lot of willpower and requires the person to busy themselves with other activities. Initially, tormenting replays of pornographic scenes watched over the past months or years will test the person’s drive and strength to give it up. Luckily, the same brain that went through a rewiring due to viewing pornography can also be rewired again. It is an extremely efficient organ that gets rid of unused connections. The longer a person can go without restimulating his pornographic connections, the more likely he makes it for his brain to discard them. Engaging in new experiences and occupying the brain with other PG-rated matters will be bound to force it to prune others away. It just needs time to do its work and it needs to be given the choice; it will always choose what the person activates more often.

 p/s: Huhu..malu-malu dah rase kan..ni kira macam taboo la juge kan? Did i cross the line?
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Gambar Terbaik Sepanjang 2011 (Kategori Manusia)

Ini mungkin antara momen-momen terbaik yang sempat ditangkap oleh jurugambar yang pro diseluruh dunia. Mungkin banyak lagi momen-momen yang terbaik yang ada namun, mungkin hanya untuk diungkap sebagai rahsia mereka saja. So, jom enjoy antara gambar terbaik dari seluruh dunia, sepanjang 2011.

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Rakyat kena tipu atau surat khabar yang bodoh?

Okeh. ini memang satu berita yang pelik, lagi sengal-sengal ubi. Ha ah. yang sengal si wartawan la. (tak semua wartawan sengal-sengal ubi, ada juga yang cun macam Nur Syuhada. ehem).

Pagi-pagi lagi aku berkejar ke kelas. Cess, lambat sedikit gara-gara tidur lewat pagi tadi. Pukul 3 pagi baru feeling-feeling nak sleeping beauty-ker. So,  Lepas tu aku terus ke library, tapi orang sini panggil PTSL. I`m so outdated! Mane tak nye, sejak seminggu dia nie perasaan nak baca paper tu membuak-buak macam pancutan air panas kat Yellowstone. Haha. Tapi sebelum tue, bagi elakkan "lawatan" ke library ni seakan sia-sia, aku pergi sedut software Endnote di Reader Advisor. Waahhh, konon-konon semangat la nak wat tesis. Cam hape. Haha.

Masuk ruangan news, tengok banyak kerusi dan meja penuh. Ade student yang asyik membaca. Macam biasa HARIAN METRO dah kena tibai. Surat khabar ni asik susah je nak jumpe,,HOT ITEM sungguh! Kadang-kadang kena tunggu sampai petang baru la ko dapat bace METRO ni. Tak paham aku minat membaca rakyat 1Malaysia nie. So, sena

ng citer aku rembat KOSMO, UTUSAN MALAYSIA dan THE STAR. Cari port membaca kat area belakang. Setel.

Aku kadang-kadang suka dengan KOSMO!. Font dia, gambar dia, berita dia dan artikel-artikel dia. Tak merepek, simple, ala-ala majalah sikit, dan MURAH walaupun baru-baru ni dah naik 20 posen. So, lepas ketiga-ketiga surat khabar tu aku belek-belek. kemudian aku terjumpa satu artikel nie siap dengan gambar-gambar lagi.

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Tajuk nye lebih kurang begini : 

"PENDUDUK BANTAH CERAMAH POLITIK DI TEMPAT MEREKA"

Jadi kelihatan gambar mak cik- makcik bertudung bawal, bertudung siti, dan bertudung saji (eh, ada ker?) dok berkumpul dekat dengan banner ceramah tersebut. Ok fine, aku rase mereka berhak juga membantah kalau ceramah itu ada sesi kutuk mengutuk pemimpin, bias atau ape pun. Tapi bila aku tengok balik tajuk ceramah.

"SIAPA ISRAEL?"

Meh. what the problem when we talk about Israel bro? Israel, Zionis or Jews. Did we REALLY know them? Did we really care what they were planning? what they really do there and around the globe? NO. I`m pretty sure, we don`t. So, what the problems when somebody or organisation try to make initiatives to spread the info and let the public know? 

Gila hasad ape kah sampai majlis-majlis atau program-program macam nie pun ditolak ketepi? Bukan ke Malaysia "officially" langsung takde sebarang hubungan diplomatik dengan Israel. So, why we should feel so fear?

So, that why aku tak berapa paham dengan akhbar Malaysia ni. Kalo orang tak beli paper kau, kau kate orang melayu tak minat baca, kau kata orang melayu tak sokong wadah perjuangan bangsa, kau kata kami tak patriotik? tapi pernah kau tengok ape yang wartawan kau tulis? Mereka buat kerja ke tak? Kau ingat RM1.20 tue murah sangat ke nak beli paper harian yang nipis nak mampus? (Beli The Star, NST lagi buat kau rasa berbaloi sebab banyak fact, critical articles and more info especially job opportunities). So kau pikir lah..

p/s: haha. hari ni di mukabuku ku ada cerita sambungan kisah anak durhaka tinggal ibu di hotel. Semua propa ni adalah hasil 'kerja' satu lagi akhbar yang laku sebab jual kisah dalam kain dan mistik serius. eh, akhbar nie no.1 Malaysia mah..sure ko pun bace. Haha.

Run Devil Run

Run? err..or running? err, sorry. i`m not too good for English grammar. Sorry for any word that will bring any harmful meaning.

Salam. wish you happy and healthy. Meh, i just want to share about my ambitious dream for this semester - get FITTER! muah haha. it looking funny and untrusted even for myself. Sometimes, i have a doubt about to get a healthy routine through out this semester. As the facilities there, so there no reasons or excuses to excape from running or in a simple word - get FITTER.

In my definition, fitter means i should have a good posture, get fit, could run for 5km non-stop, good attribute and sweat a lot. So, how to get it? haha. Up to me totally. Join gym community for free or pay for the price, jog every evening at the stadium or just doing the resistance regime in my room. So, that all up to me. By hook or by crook.

At the early phase of achieving this crazy goal, i decide to jog everyday in the evening even though i not met any partner yet to do the same routine and also just to make us motivated. Haha, i doing a 2km running for the first attempt but feel like pancit and so-on. The next day, i try to calm down and not try to put any pressure on myself to achieved the target. I just go with flow after then.


Strecthing up for 15 minutes, jog ...feeling tired..walk slowly..gain energy..jog again...tired..walk slowly..gain energy..get motivated by others..jog again..tired...walk slowly..take a deep breath..cooling down...then go back to college.

So, that the routine that sometime i do when i have the free time. Eventhough, i had read about the the fact that the Asian people body posture were not design or created to be a runner - i don` t have any option as it was the cheapest sport that i could join (perggh, berterabur english gua!). By doing some research on how to overcome the pain cause by running, the suitable sport shoes, you actually can get rid off the injury. 

After all, now i ready to jog back. Get fitter and lighter. Hehehe. with no boroi-ness. Haha. I wish I could!

p/s: Either you slim or not, you should get fitter and stay healthy. It give you 30% more advantages from dead at such an early age. Allah know the rest. Muahh cha cha.

Dialog antara agama

Yes...

See me again and again. Pergh. Baru balik dari tengok sesi dialog antara agama. Yup, sori nampak macam skema tapi kalau kau setakat bangga dengan KePop kau tu, dance pusing-pusing sampai tak ingat dunia. Baek kau pergi kambus kepala sendiri dalam tanah. Sian, seronok-seronok jugak, tapi jangan sampai bodoh dan tuli hal-hal luar. Lagi-lagi hal semasa dan ada signifikan nye sendiri.

Pergh. Sesi 2 jam setengah tadi memang terasa agak lama dan begitu padat dengan fact. Yup, ia sama stress kalau kau masuk Kelas "Environmental Ethic" yang kelas sejam pun dah rasa macam 4 jam. Begitu la rasa padat nye otak-otak kau mau proses semua fakta-fakta yang religious tu. Aku pening. Sumpah!

Ada lima panel semua nya, wakil untuk agama/kepercayaan masing-masing. Ade Islam, Kristian, Hindu, Buddha, dan Taoism. Moderator memberi soalan yang kebanyakan orang keliru terhadap ajaran sesebuah agama. So, the panel or representative will explain in a very limited time. Lastly, there were a Question n Answer Session. End.

Sedihnya, ketika hangat sesi bersoal jawab, program itu dihambat masa. Demi kesian mereka-mereka yang bakal berkejaran bas, program itu ditamatkan pada jam 11. Aku hampa. Tapi sedikit puas kerna panel Muslim itu cukup bijak lagi berkredebiliti menjawab segala persoalan. Tabik spring! Jawapan nya padat, tepat dan nampak sangat pro. Insya Allah, tuhan memberkati usaha nya untuk terangkan lagi pasal Islam. 

Ada beberapa pemerhatian yang ku buat tentang program ini:

1. Hadirin tak ramai - Bertempat di Dewan Tunku Abdul Razak, lokasi keramat UKM, saiz nya besar, jadi kalo ramai tak datang, memang nampak lompang dan kosong. Aku heran mana pergi komunti UKM terutama student-student pengajian Islam.

2. Promosi - Sepanjang belajar di UKM, aku tengok setiap program nya, ade plan promosi yang agak baik. Tapi kadang-kadang masih tak cukup untuk membuatkan warga UKM mau turun ke program-program sebegini. Di kolej-kolej pun aku rase tak berapa updated. 

3. Hadirin- Ermm. Seriously, from my random observation..there not many followers from Taoism, Hindus and Buddhas in this programme. Are they don`t have ANY MISCONCEPTION in themself to their religion or toward other faith or RELIGION? 

4. Respek- Rasa nya rakyat Malaysia perlu lebih paham dan hormat ketika majlis ilmiah camni berlangsung. Just shut up your mouth and handphone, so we could listen and learn  better!

Begitu lah serba sedikit pasal program Inter- Religion Misconception Dialogue tadi. I wish Prof. Ekhwan were there to give his opinion or even a so damn true question and also my friend who think he has the freedom by separating his life with the Islam bonding.

p/s: Nakal memang nakal, jahat memang la jahat. Tapi jangan sampai runtuhkan 'rumah' sendiri. Please?