COMMENTS: Unpredictable rewards lead to bigger spikes of dopamine. This is what makes high speed Internet porn different from porn of the past J Neurosci. 2001 Apr 15;21(8):2793-8. Berns GS, McClure SM, Pagnoni G, Montague PR. Source Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. [email protected] […]
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Curr Pharm Des. 2012;18(1):113-8. Blum K, Gardner E, Oscar-Berman M, Gold M. FULL STUDY Source Department of Psychiatry and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. [email protected] Abstract In an attempt to resolve controversy regarding the causal contributions of mesolimbic dopamine (DA) systems to reward, we evaluate the three main competing explanatory […]
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Obes Rev. 2012 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01031.x. Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Tomasi D, Baler RD. Keywords: Addiction; dopamine; obesity; prefrontal cortex Summary Drug addiction and obesity appear to share several properties. Both can be defined as disorders in which the saliency of a specific type of reward (food or drug) becomes exaggerated relative to, and […]
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Brody, S. (2010), The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7: 1336–1361. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677.x Keywords: Sexual Intercourse; Health Behaviors; Masturbation ABSTRACT Introduction. Although many studies examine purported risks associated with sexual activities, few examine potential physical and mental health benefits, and even fewer incorporate the scientifically essential differentiation of specific sexual behaviors. […]
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Brain Sci. 2012, 2(3), 347-374; doi:10.3390/brainsci2030347 Daria J. Kuss* and Mark D. Griffiths International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Received: 28 June 2012; in revised form: 24 August 2012 / Accepted: 28 August 2012 / Published: 5 September […]
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JAMA. 2009 Sep 9;302(10):1084-91. Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Kollins SH, Wigal TL, Newcorn JH, Telang F, Fowler JS, Zhu W, Logan J, Ma Y, Pradhan K, Wong C, Swanson JM. National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Blvd, Room 5274, MSC 9581, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. [email protected] Erratum in JAMA. 2009 Oct 7;302(13):1420. Abstract CONTEXT: […]
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I was completely normal, and excelling at all areas of life. I was confident, intelligent, charismatic, and had almost no problem getting girls attracted to me. Yet, when it came to the sexual realm, I was a dismal failure. I had no experience whatsoever, and dreaded every additional sexual opportunity for fear that it would […]
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UPDATES on this American Association of Addiction Medicine announcement: An official diagnosis? The world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 39 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support […]
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If you’ve been watching Gary’s videos and browsing YBOP everyday to change your life but at the same time you fail to keep being consistent with your reboot, then you’re missing the problem. You probably beat yourself up many times and end up laying down on your couch feeling all worthless asking yourself when […]
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ScienceDaily (July 17, 2012) — Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior. And yet, even though a great deal of research has shown that adolescents who watch more risky behaviors in popular movies, like drinking or smoking, are more likely to drink […]
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