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Your Brains Reward System May Be Sabotaging Your New Years Resolutions Feb 11, 2016 03:24 PM By Lecia Bushak Common New Year’s resolutions — like losing weight or watching less TV — are often thwarted by our brain’s reward system. By now, we’re either sticking to our New Year’s resolutions and beginning to see results, or […]

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Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.11. Balodis IM1, Kober H1, Worhunsky PD1, Stevens MC2, Pearlson GD1,2,3, Carroll KM1, Potenza MN1,3,4. Abstract While reward processing appears altered in addiction, few studies track neuro-functional changes following treatment or relate these to measures of reduced drug use. The current study examined neuro-functional alterations in reward processing in cocaine […]

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Link to full paper Nora D. Volkow, M.D., George F. Koob, Ph.D., and A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:363-371 January 28, 2016  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1511480 This article reviews scientific advances in the prevention and treatment of substance-use disorder and related developments in public policy. In the past two decades, research has increasingly […]

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This is a massive first, I’m on day 46. I’ve been trying for years to manage a week, and all of a sudden, I’m on it. What’s been different this time round? Two things, my girlfriend is on board 100%, in fact she’s participating in the challenge herself for her own reasons. Having this support, […]

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January 5, 2016 A simple, computer-training task can change the brain’s wiring to regulate emotional reactions, according to a recent study published in NeuroImage by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. “These findings are the first to demonstrate that non-emotional training that improves the ability to ignore irrelevant information can result in reduced brain […]

Read More… from The brain can be trained to regulate negative emotions, study reports (2016)

Doug Hyun Han1,*, Sun Mi Kim1, Sujin Bae2, Perry F. Renshaw3 and Jeffrey S. Anderson4 Article first published online: 22 DEC 2015 Addiction Biology, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12347 Keywords: Brain connectivity; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Internet gaming disorder Abstract Prolonged Internet video game play may have multiple and complex effects on human cognition and brain development in […]

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