Good news for those who like to watch… ahem… adult videos.

A new study has claimed that you cannot get addicted to porn.

Well, at least not in the way that you can to drugs or alcohol.

Research published in the journal Biological Psychology has found that watching ‘blue movies’ does not elicit the same response in the brain as other addictive substances.

Sexual psycho-physiologist and lead researcher Nicole Prause, said: ‘The findings provide clear evidence that porn does not look like other addictions.’

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Prause and her team examined 122 men and women – 55 of whom said they had a problem with pornography.

The volunteers were shown images that were categorised as pleasant, neutral and unpleasant.

Half of the pleasant photos were erotic.

Researchers found that ‘porn addicts’ showed a lower, not higher, preference for sexually explicit images.

‘The size of the “late positive potential” reflects the intensity of an emotional response,’ added co-author Dean Sabatinelli, associate professor at the University of Georgia.

The LPP intensifies in those addicted to nicotine or cocaine, for instance.

In other words, if porn is an addiction, it is a far less harmful than others, researchers found.