Dopaminergic reward sensitivity can promote adolescent health: A new perspective on the mechanism of ventral striatum activation (2016)

LINK TO STUDY Eva H. Telzera, b, c, , Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 17, February 2016, Pages 57–67 Abstract The prevailing view in the field of adolescent brain development is that heightened activity in the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system serves as a liability, orienting adolescents toward risky behaviors, increasing their sensitivity to social evaluation and […]

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Adolescent neuroscience of addiction: A new era (2015)

LINK TO PAPER Volume 16, December 2015, Pages 192–193 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Substance Use and the Adolescent Brain: Developmental Impacts, Interventions, and Longitudinal Outcomes Jay N. Giedd Adolescence has long been recognized as a time of dramatic changes in body and behavior. More recently it is being recognized as a time of dramatic changes in […]

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Developmental imaging genetics: linking dopamine function to adolescent behavior (2014)

Brain Cogn. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Aug 1. Published in final edited form as: Brain Cogn. 2014 Aug; 89: 27–38. Published online 2013 Oct 17. doi:  10.1016/j.bandc.2013.09.011 PMCID: PMC4226044 NIHMSID: NIHMS535184   Aarthi Padmanabhan1 and Beatriz Luna1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]

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Age 27 – So much energy!

I feel incredibly positively one month in and my desire for my girlfriend (long distance relationship) has sky rocketed also, I was already incredible attracted towards her but now…. wow. I’m not talking sexuality only, I’m talking connection, that deep connection two people share. I wanna get to know this world more. 27 years old, […]

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Age 20s – I look people in the eye. My voice seems deeper. I feel still and calm during silences. I feel respected.

I started Nofap in hopes of improving my social anxiety. It wasn’t until a couple weeks down the line that I realized that I didn’t just have social anxiety. I had anxiety alone. It was then that I realized that anxiety isn’t compartmentalized. If you have anxiety in social situations, it’s likely that you have […]

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