PLoS One. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e75914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075914. Irvine MA, Worbe Y, Bolton S, Harrison NA, Bullmore ET, Voon V. Source Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Abstract Background Pathological gaming is an emerging and poorly understood problem. Impulsivity is commonly impaired in disorders of behavioural and substance addiction, hence we sought to […]
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Neuropharmacology. 2011 December; 61(7): 1109–1122. Published online 2011 April 1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.03.010 PMCID: PMC3139704 NIHMSID: NIHMS287046 Christopher M. Olsen, Ph.D.1,2,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuropharmacology See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract There is […]
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Why Teens Are Such Impulsive Risk Takers Nov. 8, 2007 — Teenagers and adults often don’t see eye to eye, and new brain research is now shedding light on some of the reasons why. Although adolescence is often characterized by increased independence and a desire for knowledge and exploration, it also is a time when […]
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ISRN Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 28;2013:961734. doi: 10.1155/2013/961734. Ozturk FO, Ekinci M, Ozturk O, Canan F. Source Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of affective temperament profiles and emotional and behavioural characteristics with Internet addiction among high school […]
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Exclusive: Young boys are becoming so addicted to extreme internet porn that they now want help to stop watching it, according to a new study. A fifth of boys aged between 16 and 20 told the University of East London they were “dependent on porn as a stimulant for real sex”. The online sexual imagery […]
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J Neurosci. 2013 August 7; 33(32): 12982–12986. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5587-12.2013 PMCID: PMC3735881 Agnes Norbury,1,2 Sanjay Manohar,1,2 Robert D. Rogers,3 and Masud Husain1,2,4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Trait sensation-seeking, defined as a need for varied, complex, and intense sensations, represents a relatively underexplored hedonic drive in human […]
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Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Aug;19(8):1601-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.27. Epub 2011 Feb 24. Wang GJ, Geliebter A, Volkow ND, Telang FW, Logan J, Jayne MC, Galanti K, Selig PA, Han H, Zhu W, Wong CT, Fowler JS. Source Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA. [email protected] Abstract Subjects with binge eating disorder (BED) regularly consume […]
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Obes Rev. 2013 January; 14(1): 19–28. Published online 2012 October 12. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01046.x H Ziauddeen1,2,3 and P C Fletcher1,2,3 Abstract In this paper, we consider the concept of food addiction from a clinical and neuroscientific perspective. Food addiction has an established and growing currency in the context of models of overeating and obesity, and its […]
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Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Jan;219(2):469-90. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2550-7. Epub 2011 Nov 5. Leeman RF, Potenza MN. Similarities and Differences between Pathological Gambling and Substance Use Disorders: A Focus on Impulsivity and Compulsivity Robert F. Leeman*,1 and Marc N. Potenza1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available […]
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Neuroimage. 2012 Oct 15;63(1):40-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.067. Epub 2012 Jul 6. Clark L, Stokes PR, Wu K, Michalczuk R, Benecke A, Watson BJ, Egerton A, Piccini P, Nutt DJ, Bowden-Jones H, Lingford-Hughes AR. Source Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Abstract Pathological gambling (PG) is a behavioural addiction associated with elevated impulsivity […]
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