Studies have shown that shame is related to negative behavior. This study examined the impact of shame on online pornographic information processing. One hundred and forty-six college students participated in the experiment to complete the words learning-recognition task. The experimental results showed that only college students with high-level shame were significantly better performance on online pornographic vocabulary processing than the control group,and no significant difference existed in the processing of neutral vocabulary,the participants in different intensity of shame have no difference of recognition performance. The research supports the intensity of shame could affect college students’ cognitive processing of online pornographic information.