COMMENTS: Greek study finding that 21% of 9th & 10th graders displayed maladaptive Interent use: “Among the study population (n = 866), the prevalence rate of maladaptive internet use (MIU) was 20.9% (n = 181).” (Among the study population, the prevalence rates of potential PIU and PIU were 19.4% and 1.5%, respectively) Note that the […]
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2011 Sep;28(3):462-9. Lam-Figueroa N, Contreras-Pulache H, Mori-Quispe E, Nizama-Valladolid M, Gutiérrez C, Hinostroza-Camposano W, Torrejón Reyes E, Hinostroza-Camposano R, Coaquira-Condori E, Hinostroza-Camposano WD. Source Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú Abstract Objectives. To develop and validate an instrument to assess Internet Addiction (IA) […]
November 15th, 2011 in Neuroscience Study on hamsters suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity occurs when the […]
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November 15th, 2011 in Neuroscience A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity occurs when the nervous system is still developing. While the research used laboratory animals, the findings provide information that may be applicable to understanding […]
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BMC Public Health. 2011 Oct 14;11(1):802.
Cao H, Sun Y, Wan Y, Hao J, Tao F.
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Potential changes to the law by Europeans. A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is calling for a debate on adolescent Internet porn use in order to alert the public to the following: An alarming increase in the number of adolescents entering the most explicit and violent pornographic websites. Children as […]
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Study found problematic Internet porn use in 18% of adolescents…in a sample that was more than half girls! What would it have been had the sample been all male?
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2011 Jun 28.
Koronczai B, Urbán R, Kökönyei G, Paksi B, Papp K, Kun B, Arnold P, Kállai J, Demetrovics Z.
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1 Institutional Group on Addiction Research, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest, Hungary .
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COMMENTS: This study clearly shows that those with Internet addiction develop brain abnormalities that parallel those found in substance abusers. Researchers found a 10-20% reduction in frontal cortex gray matter in adolescents with Internet addiction. Hypofrontality is the common term for this change in brain structure. It is a key marker for all addiction processes. If this can happen with Internet addiction, what occurs when Internet porn is added to the mix?
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COMMENTS: Adolescents show greater activation of the reward circuitry when presented with rewarding cues. They also exhibit less cognitive control – no surprise. Both factors can increase the risk for addictions.
J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Sep 1.
Somerville LH, Hare T, Casey BJ.
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
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A prominent Thai forensic medicine expert has sounded the alarm over the dangers of excessive porn consumption, warning that it may lead to erectile dysfunction and serious relationship issues, especially among younger men. Associate Professor Dr Weerasak Charuschaisri, a medical lecturer at Srinakharinwirot University, took to Facebook to share a video clip titled Watching too […]
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