The involvement of the striatum in decision making (2016)

Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2016 Mar; 18(1): 55–63.   PMCID: PMC4826771 Language: English | Spanish | French Julie Goulet-Kennedy, BSc Julie Goulet-Kennedy, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et en intégration sociale. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec; Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Sara Labbe, MSc Sara Labbe, Centre […]

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Upcoming Studies From 3rd & 4th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions

The following abstracts related to porn use and sex addiction were taken from the 3rd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions March 14–16, 2016, and 4th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions February 20-22, 2017. Most abstracts presented are eventually published in peer-reviewed journals.   Internet pornography addiction: Theoretical models, behavioral data, and neuroimaging findings MATTHIAS BRAND […]

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Social Networking Site Use While Driving: ADHD and the Mediating Roles of Stress, Self-Esteem and Craving (2016)

Front Psychol. 2016 Mar 30;7:455. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00455. eCollection 2016. Turel O1, Bechara A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Adults who present ADHD symptoms have an increased risk for vehicle accidents. One conceivable overlooked account for this association is the possibility that people with ADHD symptoms use rewarding technologies such as social networking sites (SNS) while driving, more than […]

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Attentional bias in excessive Internet gamers: Experimental investigations using an addiction Stroop and a visual probe (2016)

1Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany *Corresponding author: Franziska Jeromin; Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Phone: +49-6421-2824055; E-mail: [email protected] , Nele NyenhuisRelated information 2Paracelsus-Roswitha-Klinik, Bad Gandersheim, Germany , Antonia BarkeRelated information 1Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany *Corresponding author: Franziska Jeromin; Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Phone: […]

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Are Sex Drive and Hypersexuality Associated with Pedophilic Interest and Child Sexual Abuse in a Male Community Sample? (2015)

COMMENTS: Study suggests that general escalation through porn genres may lead to using child porn (or at least underage porn such as teen porn). From the discussion: “Hence, for all three constructs there seem to be substantial independent links to child pornography consumption. In the literature several explanations for child pornography consumption are discussed. The […]

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Dimensionality of Cognitions in Behavioral Addiction (2016)

Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2016; 3: 49–57. Published online 2016 Feb 20. doi:  10.1007/s40473-016-0068-3 PMCID: PMC4769313 L. S. Morris and V. Voon Abstract Cognitive constructs provide conceptual frameworks for transpathological characterization and improved phenotyping of apparently disparate psychiatric groups. This dimensional approach can be applied to the examination of individuals with behavioral addictions, for example, […]

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Prolonged Consumption of Sucrose in a Binge-Like Manner, Alters the Morphology of Medium Spiny Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell (2016)

Front. Behav. Neurosci., 23 March 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00054 Paul M. Klenowski1, Masroor R. Shariff1, Arnauld Belmer1, Matthew J. Fogarty2, Erica W. H. Mu2, Mark C. Bellingham2 and Selena E. Bartlett1* 1Translational Research Institute and Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 2School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, […]

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A review of gambling disorder and substance use disorders (2016)

Authors Rash CJ, Weinstock J, Van Patten R Received 18 September 2015 Accepted for publication 22 December 2015 Published 17 March 2016 Volume 2016:7 Pages 3—13 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S83460 Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single-blind Peer reviewers approved by Dr Thomas F. Hilton Peer reviewer comments 3 Editor who approved publication: Dr Li-Tzy Wu Carla […]

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The Other Porn Experiment (2012)

Scroll down to the comments section to view over 1000 posts by individuals conducting The Other Porn Experiment (all are from other websites as YBOP has no forum). See this 2016 peer-reviewed paper by Gary Wilson: Eliminate Chronic Internet Pornography Use to Reveal Its Effects (2016) ———————————————————————————————- Article: What Can Informal Control Groups of Former […]

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