Thing that have changed I feel less brain fog, I can now win consistently over my dad in chess, where i usually lost before to stupid mistakes caused by a foggy mind I play Hockey and have been improving drastically over the last month, not sure if nofap related Feel better socially in school Much […]
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My friend (let’s call him Alex) and I discovered NoFap together in early 2015, totally by accident as we simultaneously discovered Game (getting good with women). Both of us were 18 at the time and used porn semi-regularly. I’d like to share a comparison between the two of us, because the fact is that he […]
Currently I am on hardmode since first of January 2016. I once had sex with a girl after 5 weeks. I had ups and downs, two severe flatlines. The best benefit I realized so far is that I am really confident and calm in social interactions. In the past I got a bit nervous around […]
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Nov 1. Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Nov; 37(0): 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.001. Published online 2012 Dec 10. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.001 PMCID: PMC3604128 NIHMSID: NIHMS428084 Eric Stice,a Dianne P. Figlewicz,b Blake A. Gosnell,c Allen S. Levine,d and Wayne E. Pratte Author information ► Copyright and […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 25 February 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00024 Jarid Goodman and Mark G. Packard* Department of Psychology, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA The view that anatomically distinct memory systems differentially contribute to the development of drug addiction and relapse has received extensive support. The present brief review revisits this […]
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This infographic shows how you can change the wiring of your brain to create new neural pathways for quitting bad habits and forming new ones using methods such as habit triggers and reward systems. Click on original blog post by Zac Beyer to see full infographic […]
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Mar 1, 2016 By Stephanie Kossman How do drugs affect the developing teenage brain? This question has baffled scientists for decades, but one fact remains true — teens are more susceptible to addiction. Scientists have often explained it in the context of social circumstances, such as peer pressure, or the fact that parents who smoke are more […]
February 23, 2016 by Christopher Packham (Medical Xpress)—The current epidemic of obesity in developed countries should be a warning for health officials in the developing world with newly opened markets. Food manufacturers, restaurant franchising companies, food supply chains and advertisers collaborate to create environments in which extremely palatable, energy-dense foods and their related cues are […]
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Neuropharmacology. 2016 Feb 16. pii: S0028-3908(16)30047-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.02.012. Georgiou P1, Zanos P1, Garcia-Carmona JA2, Hourani S1, Kitchen I1, Laorden ML2, Bailey A3. Abstract The major challenge in treating methamphetamine addicts is the maintenance of a drug free-state since they experience negative emotional symptoms during abstinence, which may trigger relapse. The neuronal mechanisms underlying long-term withdrawal […]
Tracey J. Shors , Krishna Tobόn , Gina DiFeo , Demetrius M. Durham & Han Yan M. Chang Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 18960 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep18960· Abstract Sexual aggression can disrupt processes related to learning as females emerge from puberty into young adulthood. To model these experiences in laboratory studies, we developed SCAR, which stands for Sexual Conspecific Aggressive Response. During […]