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Polish Study: Sex Drive Drives Mind-Wandering, Not Porn Use

7/16/2026

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Polish researchers at Jagiellonian University and SWPS University released a study linking sex drive, pornography use, and involuntary sexual thoughts.
Surveying 426 adults (347 women, 79 men) averaging about 25, men reported higher sex drive, sociosexuality, pornography use, and involuntary thoughts.
Path modeling showed sex drive predicts mind-wandering, which predicts involuntary thoughts, while pornography use did not directly predict those thoughts after accounting for sex drive.

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Polish researchers at Jagiellonian University and SWPS University released a study linking sex drive, pornography use, and involuntary sexual thoughts.
Surveying 426 adults (347 women, 79 men) averaging about 25, men reported higher sex drive, sociosexuality, pornography use, and involuntary thoughts.
Path modeling showed sex drive predicts mind-wandering, which predicts involuntary thoughts, while pornography use did not directly predict those thoughts after accounting for sex drive.