Nicole Prause
@nicolerprause.bsky.social
UCLA bioinformatics, Dept of Medicine
Sexual Psychophysiologist
Licensed Psychologist
Peer-reviewed publications here
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole-Prause
Sexual Psychophysiologist
Licensed Psychologist
Peer-reviewed publications here
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole-Prause
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If you are a guy in Los Angeles, we need (paid) volunteers for our orgasm study.
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I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women".
It's not.
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It's not.
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Is “strangulation” really the second cause of stroke in young women?
Here we go again
medium.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women".
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
Get continuing education from my updated seminar "Sex therapies that harm, masturbation and new diagnoses" on December 6, 2025.
It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data.
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...
It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data.
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Get continuing education from my updated seminar "Sex therapies that harm, masturbation and new diagnoses" on December 6, 2025.
It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data.
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...
It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data.
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...
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Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.
Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse
In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.
churchleaders.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.
Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
Reposted by Nicole Prause
Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last
Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable
www.tomsguide.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
New paper
“Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube
Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
“Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube
Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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journals.sagepub.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New paper
“Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube
Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
“Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube
Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A colleague shared this scholarship on the harms of the NoFap Army being presented from Sweden!
October 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A colleague shared this scholarship on the harms of the NoFap Army being presented from Sweden!
We know several anti-porn "doctors" offering fraudulent cures to young men. If you want an idea for how difficult it is to hold frauds like this accountable, follow the story of "Dr." Makis, who has had numerous complaints filed against him for years to try to stop his grift.
cpsa.ca/news/stateme...
cpsa.ca/news/stateme...
Statement: William (Viliam) Makis not licensed to practise medicine in Alberta (updated) - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA
Update, posted on Sept. 25, 2025 (original statement below): At a hearing held on Aug. 15, 2025, CPSA was granted an interim injunction against Mr. Makis by Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench. Under the ...
cpsa.ca
September 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We know several anti-porn "doctors" offering fraudulent cures to young men. If you want an idea for how difficult it is to hold frauds like this accountable, follow the story of "Dr." Makis, who has had numerous complaints filed against him for years to try to stop his grift.
cpsa.ca/news/stateme...
cpsa.ca/news/stateme...
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The most insane “anti-porn” bill I’ve seen yet
The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵
The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵
Michigan anti-porn would criminalize ASMR, written erotica, and even nonsexual depictions of trans people
Under the law, transgender people writing about their gender identity online could face 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
reason.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The most insane “anti-porn” bill I’ve seen yet
The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵
The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵
Data show youth know how to use VPNs. The idea that the surge in VPN use to evade porn blocks is limited to adults is ridiculous.
I will say I might hide my identity if I was now claiming that "VPN downloads don't matter" because "we really didn't care about minors who were purposefully seeking it out."
If that's an official Ofcom position, it's certainly the first I'm hearing of it.
If that's an official Ofcom position, it's certainly the first I'm hearing of it.
September 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Data show youth know how to use VPNs. The idea that the surge in VPN use to evade porn blocks is limited to adults is ridiculous.
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Men are tending to *slow* their reaction time to the persistent vigilance task after O (n=25, despite outliers).
It is unusual to see performance decrement on repeated tasks in a lab, but it sure looked like they got a little *too* relaxed post-O!
It is unusual to see performance decrement on repeated tasks in a lab, but it sure looked like they got a little *too* relaxed post-O!
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Men are tending to *slow* their reaction time to the persistent vigilance task after O (n=25, despite outliers).
It is unusual to see performance decrement on repeated tasks in a lab, but it sure looked like they got a little *too* relaxed post-O!
It is unusual to see performance decrement on repeated tasks in a lab, but it sure looked like they got a little *too* relaxed post-O!
We are 25% of the way through study recruitment!
Time to get these ejaculate samples in the mail...
Time to get these ejaculate samples in the mail...
August 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We are 25% of the way through study recruitment!
Time to get these ejaculate samples in the mail...
Time to get these ejaculate samples in the mail...
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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Australia's age-verification regulation appears to be unravelling. Members of a government committee claim AV companies are wildly overstating the accuracy of their tech and unwilling or unable to prove they're deleting personal information post- verification.
Several members have quit in protest.
Several members have quit in protest.
Key stakeholders in Australia’s social media age assurance trial frozen out amid media leaks and resignations
Trial’s advisory board may not see the final report until communications minister releases it in the coming weeks
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Australia's age-verification regulation appears to be unravelling. Members of a government committee claim AV companies are wildly overstating the accuracy of their tech and unwilling or unable to prove they're deleting personal information post- verification.
Several members have quit in protest.
Several members have quit in protest.
Now n=23 into data collection into what (I believe will be) the largest lab study of male orgasm!
August 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Now n=23 into data collection into what (I believe will be) the largest lab study of male orgasm!
We also had a ~5000 word complaint demanding the retraction of our paper for purely political reasons. It also was filled with false and defamatory claims.
This is just the latest way to attack scientists.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our publisher stood against their egregious threats.
This is just the latest way to attack scientists.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our publisher stood against their egregious threats.
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We also had a ~5000 word complaint demanding the retraction of our paper for purely political reasons. It also was filled with false and defamatory claims.
This is just the latest way to attack scientists.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our publisher stood against their egregious threats.
This is just the latest way to attack scientists.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our publisher stood against their egregious threats.
New paper accepted!
"One in Four Transplant Hepatologists in the United States Screen Positive for Unhealthy Alcohol Use"
Details to come...
"One in Four Transplant Hepatologists in the United States Screen Positive for Unhealthy Alcohol Use"
Details to come...
August 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New paper accepted!
"One in Four Transplant Hepatologists in the United States Screen Positive for Unhealthy Alcohol Use"
Details to come...
"One in Four Transplant Hepatologists in the United States Screen Positive for Unhealthy Alcohol Use"
Details to come...
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New episode (1126), with Dr. Nicole Prause. We talk about pornography, NoFap, and orgasm. #Psychology #neuroscience #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/SHUhmiCYQlA
Podcast: bit.ly/4f5nWx8
YouTube: youtu.be/SHUhmiCYQlA
Podcast: bit.ly/4f5nWx8
#1126 Nicole Prause: Pornography, NoFap, and Orgasm
YouTube video by The Dissenter
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New episode (1126), with Dr. Nicole Prause. We talk about pornography, NoFap, and orgasm. #Psychology #neuroscience #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/SHUhmiCYQlA
Podcast: bit.ly/4f5nWx8
YouTube: youtu.be/SHUhmiCYQlA
Podcast: bit.ly/4f5nWx8
The red tubing is going to be helpful in minding kinks in our anal measure, but it does give a certain Christmas-like appearance to the lab.
August 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The red tubing is going to be helpful in minding kinks in our anal measure, but it does give a certain Christmas-like appearance to the lab.
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Reddit has now blocked r/NoFap in the UK over the Online Safety Act.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Reddit has now blocked r/NoFap in the UK over the Online Safety Act.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
The first longitudinal test of the NoFap November practice: failure.
Abstinence does nothing.
Sexual function did not improve.
Most started as children, misled with this disinformation.
academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-...
Abstinence does nothing.
Sexual function did not improve.
Most started as children, misled with this disinformation.
academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-...
August 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The first longitudinal test of the NoFap November practice: failure.
Abstinence does nothing.
Sexual function did not improve.
Most started as children, misled with this disinformation.
academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-...
Abstinence does nothing.
Sexual function did not improve.
Most started as children, misled with this disinformation.
academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-...
fyi, they cut cancer funding.
Direct knowledge.
This is just a lie.
Direct knowledge.
This is just a lie.
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
fyi, they cut cancer funding.
Direct knowledge.
This is just a lie.
Direct knowledge.
This is just a lie.