Tracey J. Shors , Krishna Tobόn , Gina DiFeo , Demetrius M. Durham & Han Yan M. Chang Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 18960 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep18960· Abstract Sexual aggression can disrupt processes related to learning as females emerge from puberty into young adulthood. To model these experiences in laboratory studies, we developed SCAR, which stands for Sexual Conspecific Aggressive Response. During […]
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February 19, 2016 by Robin Lally A new animal model will help scientists find out how the female brain responds to sexual aggression. Rutgers scientists have taken a step toward understanding how sexual aggression alters the female brain. In a recent study in Scientific Reports, lead author Tracey Shors, professor in the Department of Psychology […]
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C. Bulota, , , B. Leurentb, , F. Collierc, Sexologies Volume 24, Issue 4, October–December 2015, Pages e78–e83 Summary Introduction The pornography industry is a pervasive influence on adolescents, nearly all of whom are exposed to it via the internet, either willingly or unwillingly and at a more or less premature age. Is there an […]
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J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2016 Feb 15. King DL1, Delfabbro PH2. Abstract Adolescents are known to be an at-risk population for developing Internet gaming disorder (IGD). A recent clinical model has proposed that adolescents with IGD may endorse a unique set of maladaptive beliefs that underlie persistent and excessive involvement in Internet gaming activities. These […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 6. Published online 2016 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00006 PMCID: PMC4740778 Tanya Wen1,2,* and Shulan Hsieh1,3,4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Preoccupation and compulsive use of the internet can have negative psychological effects, such that it is increasingly being recognized as a […]
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Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2015 Dec; 4(4): e26359. Published online 2015 Dec 19. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.26359 PMCID: PMC4744898 Ankur Sachdeva1,* and Rohit Verma2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Introduction: The Internet is considered a beneficial tool in research, communication, and information. Still, its excessive and […]
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Addiction Volume 111, Issue 3, pages 513–522, March 2016 Stéphanie Baggio1,*, Marc Dupuis2, Joseph Studer3, Stanislas Spilka4, Jean-Bernard Daeppen2, Olivier Simon5, André Berchtold1,6 and Gerhard Gmel3,7,8,9 Article first published online: 18 NOV 2015 DOI: 10.1111/add.13192 Keywords: Addiction; heavy use over time; internet use; measurement; population-based sample; video gaming Abstract Background and aims Evidence-based and reliable […]
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Addiction. 2016 Mar;111(3):523-4. doi: 10.1111/add.13244. Demetrovics Z1, Király O2. Keywords: Assessment; heavy use over time; internet addiction; video gaming Heavy use over time is a necessary condition of addictive disorders; however, in itself it is not a sufficient measure to assess addiction, neither in the case of internet use in general nor internet gaming disorder in particular. […]
Read More… from (AMOUNT OF USE) Commentary on Baggio et al. (2016): Internet/gaming addiction is more than heavy use over time (2016)
I was alerted to Ley’s comment and asked to respond directly on this thread: The David Ley comment (posted January 30, 2016). Since my response was blocked, I decided to post an easier to read version on YBOP. Before I address David Ley’s claims it must be noted that he consistently fails to mention the […]
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Biomed Res Int. 2014; 2014: 315062. Published online 2014 Jul 14. doi: 10.1155/2014/315062 PMCID: PMC4122146 Susana Jiménez-Murcia, 1 , 2 , 3 ,* Fernando Fernández-Aranda, 1 , 2 , 3 Roser Granero, 2 , 4 Mariano Chóliz, 5 Melania La Verde, 6 Eugenio Aguglia, 6 Maria S. Signorelli, 6 Gustavo M. Sá, 7 Neus Aymamí, […]
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