Nat Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Feb 1. Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jun; 21(6): 787–793. Published online 2018 May 14. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0152-y PMCID: PMC6358212 NIHMSID: NIHMS987662 PMID: 29760524 Josh Berke Abstract Dopamine is a critical modulator of both learning and motivation. This presents a problem: how can target cells […]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1235-y Ali Mohebi, Jeffrey R. Pettibone, Arif A. Hamid, Jenny-Marie T. Wong, Leah T. Vinson, Tommaso Patriarchi, Lin Tian, Robert T. Kennedy & Joshua D. Berke Nature (2019) | Download Citation Abstract The dopamine projection from ventral tegmental area (VTA) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) is critical for motivation to work for rewards and reward-driven learning. […]
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A lot of people say that urges don’t become less and that it won’t ever be easier. That’s not true. It will take time and commitment, but you will be rewarded with not having to deal with urges anymore! I want to talk about a bunch of stuff in this thread. My habits before doing […]
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 May 9. doi: 10.1007/s00213-019-05259-3. Kumar M1, Chail M2. Abstract RATIONALE: Sugar has addictive potential owing to increase in monoaminergic-transmission at pleasure and reward centers of brain. Insulin dysfunction triggered synaptic monoamine deficit is associated with sugar overeating and craving-related psychological changes in diabetic patients. Sugar-substitute (saccharin) is non-caloric artificial sweetener that may […]
Background information: 25 year old average looking and physique. Been doing nofap for 40 days and relapsed heavily 2 weeks ago. Looking back to my last 40 days streak. I want to to share my experiences to you guys so that you can cement the nofap values and beliefs that you have(if you are doubting […]
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Arch Sex Behav. 2014 May; 43(4): 669–683. Published online 2014 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0261-y PMCID: PMC4011938 NIHMSID: NIHMS569370 PMID: 24558123 John E. Pachankis,1,2 H. Jonathon Rendina,2,3 Ana Ventuneac,2 Christian Grov,2,4,5 and Jeffrey T. Parsons2,3,5,6,7 Abstract Cognitive appraisals about sex may represent an important component of the maintenance and treatment of hypersexuality, but they are not currently […]
Štulhofer, A., Tafro, A., & Kohut, T. (2019). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-13. Link to web COMMENTS: A study by “Real” Your Brain On Porn site members Taylor Kohut and Alexander Štulhofer. First, the data are included in the above Kohut & Štulhofer study, so we can view these 2 studies as two halves […]
Jeroen Vaes, Giulia Cristoforetti, Daniela Ruzzante, Carlotta Cogoni & Veronica Mazza Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 6699 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42928-x Abstract Objectification – reducing a someone to a something – represents a powerful and potentially damaging way in which we can see and treat others. Women are often victims of processes of objectification that occur whenever […]
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2 years ago today I started my NF which I completed, it happened almost randomly and changed my life under many points of view and is one of the reasons why today I make six figures, have a gf, and see the world differently. This is my story, in hope it can help motivate someone […]