Extinction and Renewal of Conditioned Sexual Responses (2014)

Mirte Brom mail, Ellen Laan,  Walter Everaerd,  Philip Spinhoven,  Stephanie Both Published: August 29, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105955 Abstract Introduction Extinction involves an inhibitory form of new learning that is highly dependent on the context for expression. This is supported by phenomena such as renewal and spontaneous recovery, which may help explain the persistence of appetitive […]

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Age 20 – ED: not only does sex feel ten times better than masturbating, i’m enjoying life more

Reflecting back on things its hard to honestly tell if I had purely anxiety issues or porn related issues but one thing is for sure i definitely had issues. Whenever i’d surf the web for porn id sometimes start shaking….like a nervous giddy anticipation but i think this was also a by product of me […]

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Why teens are craving porn

Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Oct 29, 2014, 08.53 PM IST In a weekly three-part series, Dr. Anuradha HS, child and teen consultant, discusses porn addiction in teens. In the first instalment, she highlights the neuroscience behind itThe statistics of the porn industry keep changing rapidly but according to the current data, it is judged to […]

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The Prevalence of Food Addiction as Assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale: A Systematic Review (2014)

Nutrients. 2014 Oct 21;6(10):4552-4590. Kirrilly M. Pursey 1, Peter Stanwell 2, Ashley N. Gearhardt 3, Clare E. Collins 1 and Tracy L. Burrows 1,* 1 School of Health Sciences, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; E-Mails: [email protected] (K.M.P.); [email protected] (C.E.C.) 2 School of Health Sciences, Priority […]

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Dopamine invigorates reward seeking by promoting cue-evoked excitation in the nucleus accumbens (2014)

J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 22;34(43):14349-64. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3492-14.2014. du Hoffmann J1, Nicola SM2. Abstract Approach to reward is a fundamental adaptive behavior, disruption of which is a core symptom of addiction and depression. Nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine is required for reward-predictive cues to activate vigorous reward seeking, but the underlying neural mechanism is unknown. Reward-predictive cues […]

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