J Adolesc Health. 2014 Jul 15. pii: S1054-139X(14)00237-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.05.014. Akre C1, Berchtold A2, Gmel G3, Suris JC2. Abstract PURPOSE: To assess the evolution of sexual dysfunctions among young males after an average of 15 months follow-up to determine the predictive factors for this evolution and the characteristics differentiating young males who continue reporting a sexual […]
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Comments: The long-awaited Voon study highlighted in the UK documentary “Porn on the Brain” is finally out. As expected, Cambridge University researchers found that compulsive porn users react to porn cues in the same way that drug addicts react to drug cues. But there’s more. Compulsive porn users craved porn (greater wanting), but did not […]
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Updates: Many more neurological studies. This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal) providing strong support for the addiction model. This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the porn addiction model. (This dated paper was not a literature review […]
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PLoS One. 2014 Mar 14;9(3):e91506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091506. eCollection 2014. S Kühn,1,2,3,* A Romanowski,2 C Schilling,2 R Lorenz,2 C Mörsen,2 N Seiferth,2 T Banaschewski,4 A Barbot,5 G J Barker,6 C Büchel,7 P J Conrod,6 J W Dalley,8,9 H Flor,10 H Garavan,11 B Ittermann,3 K Mann,12 J-L Martinot,13,14 T Paus,15,16,17 M Rietschel,18 M N Smolka,19,20 A Ströhle,1 […]
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PLoS One. 2014 Jul 7;9(7):e101585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101585. Wang GJ1, Tomasi D1, Convit A2, Logan J3, Wong CT1, Shumay E1, Fowler JS4, Volkow ND1. Abstract Objective Dopamine mediates the rewarding effects of food that can lead to overeating and obesity, which then trigger metabolic neuroadaptations that further perpetuate excessive food consumption. We tested the hypothesis that […]
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Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 Jul;2(7):a012070. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012070. Michelle S. Mazei-Robison and Eric J. Nestler + Author Affiliations Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 Correspondence: [email protected] Next Section Abstract The study of neuronal adaptations induced by opiate drugs is particularly relevant today […]
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“… Increasing numbers of men who have reached their early twenties having grown up on this diet of unlimited porn are reporting some draw backs, including a decreased interest in “real” sex, an inability to ejaculate during it and – worst of all for most – erectile dysfunction. … None of these fears about pornography […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8: 141. Published online May 20, 2014. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00141 PMCID: PMC4033022 Anna E. Goudriaan,1,* Murat Yücel,2 and Ruth J. van Holst1,3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract In problem gamblers, diminished cognitive control and increased impulsivity is present compared to healthy controls. Moreover, […]
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Front Psychol. 2013; 4: 608. Published online Sep 9, 2013. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00608 PMCID: PMC3766857 Joseph Hilgard,* Christopher R. Engelhardt, and Bruce D. Bartholow Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract A new measure of individual habits and preferences in video game use is developed in order to better […]
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Eur Addict Res. 2014;20(3):129-36. doi: 10.1159/000355832. Epub 2013 Nov 16. Müller KW1, Beutel ME, Egloff B, Wölfling K. Author information Abstract Engaging in online games has become increasingly important as a part of leisure activity in adolescents and adults. While the majority of people use these games in a healthy way, epidemiological studies show that […]
Read More… from Investigating risk factors for Internet gaming disorder: a comparison of patients with addictive gaming, pathological gamblers and healthy controls regarding the big five personality traits (2014)