Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Available online 30 August 2016. Review article. LINK TO FULL STUDY Matthias Branda, b, , , Kimberly Youngc, Christian Laiera, Klaus Wölflingd, Marc N. Potenzae, f, g Highlights Internet-use disorders involve interactions of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution. Affect and cognition mediate Internet-use-disorder processes. Executive and affective features interact in Internet-use-disorder processes. Conditioning processes impact […]
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[Translation from Potuguese using Google Chrome] A year and a half ago, early 2015. The scene seemed to unfold in slow motion: I could hardly believe what I was typing in the Google search bar. The letters were emerging one by one: . I want to stop watching porn “I want to stop watching porn.” […]
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[youtube]https://youtu.be/ztm2knaLBFc[/youtube] Nodes and Edges: Adolescent consolidation of the hubs of the human brain connectome Nodes of the adolescent brain’s structural network coloured by how much they change between 14 and 24 years of age. The size of the nodes represent how well connected they are and halfway through the movie the smallest nodes are removed […]
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Update: Pornography, sexual orientation and ambivalent sexism in young adults in Spain (2024) Large sample of 2,346 people aged 18–35 years old. Men who consumed pornography had higher median values of [Hostile Sexism] than those who did not. Mean values of [Benevolent Sexism] were observed to be lower for both women [β(95%CI):-2.16(-2.99;-1.32)] and men [β(95%CI):-4.30(-5.75;-2.86)] who […]
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Some people don’t believe in porn addiction, but I’ve seen its effects first hand. By Angela Gregory August 19, 2016 (link to original article) There is an increase in men (and sometimes women) who recognise that their sexualised internet use is out of control, says NHS sexual and relationship psychotherapist Angela Gregory For the past […]
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LINK TO ABSTRACT Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Hsi-Ping Nieh, MS, MA, Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan Hsing-Yi Chang, DR.PH, Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, Miaoli County, Taiwan Lee-Lan Yen, ScD, Institute of Health Policy and Management, College […]
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I started as a socially awkward and unemotional wreck and here I am 90 days later, finding happiness in the small moments in life and one of the most sociable people ever. PIED is 75% gone and I no longer fear meeting someone new or being the center of attention. When I say I’m not […]
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YBOP COMMENTS: This study reported the following rates of sexual functioning problems in 16-21 year old males (data from 2010-2012): Lacked interest in having sex: 10.5% Difficulty reaching climax: 8.3% Difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection: 7.8% The above rates are significantly higher than those reported prior to the advent of the internet. For example, […]
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Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2016 Aug 4. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12429. Song J1, Park JH1, Han DH1, Roh S2, Son JH1, Choi TY3, Lee H3, Kim TH4, Lee YS1. Abstract AIM: We compare the efficacy of bupropion and escitalopram treatments in internet gaming disorder (IGD) patients. METHODS: We recruited 119 adolescents and adults with IGD. We treated these […]
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Preventive Medicine Available online 23 June 2016 Jennifer L. Temple, Highlights • The dopamine system underlies both drug abuse and excessive palatable food intake. • Sensitization of the dopamine system explains persistent drug craving. • Repeated intake of palatable snack food results in behavioral sensitization in obese adults. • Behavioral sensitization to repeated snack food […]
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