Psychol Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Sep 23. Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sci. 2012 Sep 1; 23(9): 984–993. Published online 2012 Jul 18. doi: 10.1177/0956797611435529 PMCID: PMC3779897 NIHMSID: NIHMS487528 Ross E. O’Hara,1 Frederick X. Gibbons,1 Meg Gerrard,2 Zhigang Li,3 and James D. Sargent4 Author information ► Copyright and […]
BMC Psychiatry. 2011; 11: 144. Published online 2011 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-144 PMCID: PMC3176476 Copyright©2011 Achab et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Sophia Achab,1,2,3 Magali Nicolier,1 Frédéric Mauny,4,5 Julie Monnin,1,6 Benoit Trojak,7 Pierre Vandel,1,2 Daniel Sechter,1,2 Philip Gorwood,8,9 and Emmanuel Haffen1,2,6 1Clinical Psychiatry Department, Besançon University Hospital, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France 2EA 481 “Neurosciences Laboratory”- […]
Front Neurosci. 2015; 9: 404. Published online 2015 Nov 5. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00404 PMCID: PMC4633516 Manoranjan S. D’Souza* Go to: Abstract Individuals addicted to drugs of abuse such as alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and heroin are a significant burden on healthcare systems all over the world. The positive reinforcing (rewarding) effects of the above mentioned drugs play […]
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J Adolesc Health. 2015 Dec;57(6):637-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.08.015. Thompson MP1, Kingree JB2, Zinzow H3, Swartout K4. Abstract PURPOSE: Preventing sexual aggression (SA) can be informed by determining if time-varying risk factors differentiate men who follow different sexual aggression risk trajectories. METHODS: Data are from a longitudinal study with 795 college males surveyed at the end of […]
COMMENTS: New Cambridge University brain study. Subjects were carefully screened porn addicts. Compared with controls, they habituated faster to sexual images. That is, their brains became less activated seeing the same image…they were more quickly bored. Thus, the novelty of internet porn drives the addiction to it, creating a circular spiral of needing more novelty […]
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Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Nov 20. Vandenbosch L1, van Oosten JM1, Peter J1. Abstract The goal of this study was to investigate whether exposure to sexual reality television content and Internet pornography (IP) is related to sexual self-presentation on social media. Based on a two-wave panel survey among 1,765 adolescents aged 13-17 years, we […]
Comment: The American College of Pediatricians is speaking out about the harms of pornography use for young patients. ABSTRACT: The availability and use of pornography has become almost ubiquitous among adults and adolescents. Consumption of pornography is associated with many negative emotional, psychological, and physical health outcomes. These include increased rates of depression, anxiety, acting […]
Addiction. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jul 1. Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2014 Jul; 109(7): 1119–1127. doi: 10.1111/add.12537 PMCID: PMC4048632 NIHMSID: NIHMS575230 Giuseppe N. Giordano, PhD,1 Henrik Ohlsson, PhD,1 Kenneth S. Kendler, MD,2 Kristina Sundquist, MD, PhD,1,3 and Jan Sundquist, MD, PhD1,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Abstract […]
Behav Neurosci. 2015 Jun; 129(3): 300–308. doi: 10.1037/bne0000059 PMCID: PMC4450884 Rebecca D. Burwell, Editor Nichola M. Brydges,1,2,* Megan C. Holmes,1 Anjanette P. Harris,1 Rudolf N. Cardinal,3,4,5 and Jeremy Hall6,7 1Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh 2Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine 3Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Department […]
Published in Advance December 18, 2012, doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011932 Copyright © 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren1,2 and Serge H. Ahmed3 + Author Affiliations 1Department of Animals in Science and Society, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands 2Rudolf Magnus Institute of […]