Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Apr; 15(4): 788. Published online 2018 Apr 18. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040788 PMCID: PMC5923830 PMID: 29670025 Wei-Po Chou,1,2 Cheng-Fang Yen,1,3,* and Tai-Ling Liu1,3,* Abstract The aims of this study were to evaluate the predicting effects of psychological inflexibility/experiential avoidance (PI/EA) and stress coping strategies for Internet addiction, significant depression and […]
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Peper, Erik, and Richard Harvey. NeuroRegulation 5, no. 1 (2018): 3. Abstract Digital addiction is defined by the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as well as the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as “… a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, […]
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195742 Abstract The use of online-communication applications including messengers (e.g. WhatsApp) or social networking services (e.g. Facebook) on the smartphone has turned into daily practice for billions of people, for example during waiting times. An increasing number of individuals show diminished control over their usage of these applications despite negative consequences in everyday life. This […]
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Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 12. pii: S0960-9822(18)30353-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.024. [Epub ahead of print] Kamiński J1, Mamelak AN2, Birch K2, Mosher CP2, Tagliati M3, Rutishauser U4. Abstract The encoding of information into long-term declarative memory is facilitated by dopamine. This process depends on hippocampal novelty signals, but it remains unknown how midbrain dopaminergic neurons are […]
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Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 20. pii: S0278-5846(18)30023-X. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.04.009. Dong G1, Wang Z2, Wang Y3, Du X4, Potenza MN5. Highlights Males more frequently develop IGD as compared with females. Gaming impaired IGD’s executive control and enhanced their reward seeking. The impaired executive control was largely observed in males during gaming. The enhanced cravings […]
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I’ve been on NoFap for a while. Have not posted though. Reading content here, as well as the book Your Brain on Porn, helped me understand and eliminate my relationship with porn. I’ve come to an important realization. It’s not just about eliminating porn. You’ll see what I mean. While it helps – and it […]
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11/04/2018, Jesse Mulligan. Link to 3.5 minute TV segment (transcript below) OPINION: Psychologists here say we’re in the middle of a porn crisis. Just last year an Australian study found 100 percent of boys surveyed were exposed to porn, and 85 percent said they viewed it daily or weekly. In the US, six states are […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 03 April 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00099 Shuai Wang1,2, Jing Liu3, Lin Tian4*, Limin Chen1, Jun Wang1, Qunfeng Tang5, Fuquan Zhang1 and Zhenhe Zhou1,2* 1Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China 2Wuxi Tongren International Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, China 3Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China 4Department of Substance Dependency, […]
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LINK TO ARTICLE January 11, 2018, University of Vienna Sexualized representations, especially the emphasis of secondary sexual characteristics, can change the way we perceive an individual. An international team of researchers led by Giorgia Silani from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna has shown that empathic feelings and brain responses are reduced […]
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