Published online before print 2013, doi: 10.1530/EC-13-0028 Endocr Connect 2013 vol. 2 no. 3 R1-R14 Gavin P Vinson⇑ and Caroline H Brennan + Author Affiliations School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK Correspondence should be addressed to G P Vinson Email: [email protected] Next Section Abstract Substantial evidence […]
Comments: This paper (abstract below) contains two longitudinal studies examining the effects of Internet porn on “delay discounting.” Delay discounting happens when people choose ten dollars right now rather than 20 dollars in a week. It’s the inability to delay immediate gratification for a more valuable reward in the future. Think of the famous Stanford […]
Simultaneous use of multiple media impairs attention skill, study shows By Susan Gaidos October 19, 2015 ATTENTION DEFICIT Adolescents who routinely juggle multiple forms of technology at once may think they’re boosting their ability to focus on multiple tasks, but a new study says they’re not. CHICAGO — Teens like high-tech gadgets so much that […]
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LINK James P. Herman, Ph.D., is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stress is a critical component in the development, maintenance, and reinstatement of addictive behaviors, including alcohol use. This article reviews the current state of the literature on the brain’s stress response, focusing on the […]
Reprod Health. 2015 Sep 14;12:86. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0068-x. Habesha T1, Aderaw Z2, Lakew S3. Abstract BACKGROUND: According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, youths aged 15-24 years were more than 15.2 million which contributes to 20.6% of the whole population. These very large and productive groups of the population are exposed to various sexual and reproductive health […]
Addiction. 2015 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/add.13192. Baggio S1, Dupuis M2, Studer J3, Spilka S4, Daeppen JB2, Simon O5, Berchtold A1,6, Gmel G3,7,8,9. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Evidence-based and reliable measures of addictive disorders are needed in general population-based assessments. One study suggested that heavy use over time (UOT) should be used instead of self-reported addiction […]
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 2;10(10):e0139337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139337. Ching SM1, Yee A2, Ramachandran V3, Sazlly Lim SM4, Wan Sulaiman WA4, Foo YL4, Hoo FK4. Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study was initiated to determine the psychometric properties of the Smart Phone Addiction Scale (SAS) by translating and validating this scale into the Malay language (SAS-M), which is the […]
UPDATE 2016: A much more comprehensive analysis of Joshua Grubbs’s claims and studies can be found here – Is Grubbs pulling the wool over our eyes with his “perceived porn addiction” research? (2016) UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by […]
I couldn’t get it up. It had nothing to do with my girlfriend at all. She was beautiful and sexy, but once it came time to get down to business, well, I wasn’t firing on all cylinders. And I was way too young for this shit. Yea, waaaay to young for this to be happening. Like, […]
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