Neuron. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Feb 23. Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2010 Sep 9; 67(5): 728–734. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.08.040 PMCID: PMC3285464 NIHMSID: NIHMS347429 Jay N. Giedd1,* and Judith L. Rapoport1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuron See […]
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Sep;17(9):609. doi: 10.1007/s11920-015-0609-6. Shams TA1, Foussias G, Zawadzki JA, Marshe VS, Siddiqui I, Müller DJ, Wong AH. Abstract Video games are now a ubiquitous form of entertainment that has occasionally attracted negative attention. Video games have also been used to test cognitive function, as therapeutic interventions for neuropsychiatric disorders, and to […]
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Aug;18(8):474-9. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0185. Ahn HM1, Chung HJ1, Kim SH1. Abstract Individuals who play Internet games excessively show elevated brain reactivity to game-related cues. This study attempted to test whether this elevated cue reactivity observed in game players is a result of repeated exposure to Internet games. Healthy young adults without […]
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Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 7: 506–517. Published online 2015 Jan 13. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.01.005 PMCID: PMC4338207 Arpana Gupta,a,b,c Emeran A. Mayer,a,b,c,d Claudia P. Sanmiguel,a,b,c John D. Van Horn,f Davis Woodworth,a,g Benjamin M. Ellingson,a,g Connor Fling,a Aubrey Love,a Kirsten Tillisch,a,b,c,e and Jennifer S. Labusa,b,c,* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background Alterations in […]
Pornography is a platform where both men and women can be comfortable exploring their erotic desires. Watching it can boost your libido and even lead to happier and better relationships. Although one in three women in the U.S. regularly watch porn and 70 percent of men aged 18 to 24 visit porn sites at least […]
August 5, 2015 A challenging morning meeting or an interaction with an upset client at work may affect whether we go for that extra chocolate bar at lunch. In a study appearing August 5 in Neuron, researchers placed human volunteers in a similar food choice scenario to explore how stress can alter the brain to […]
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Neuroreport. 2014 Jun 18;25(9):688-92. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000157. Venebra-Muñoz A1, Corona-Morales A, Santiago-García J, Melgarejo-Gutiérrez M, Caba M, García-García F. Abstract Environment enrichment conditions have important consequences on subsequent vulnerability to drugs of abuse. The present work examined whether exposure to an enriched environment (EE) decreases oral self-consumption of nicotine. Wistar rats were housed either in a […]
July 14, 2015 by Yasmin Anwar in Medicine & Health / Neuroscience New study of mice finds that intellectual pursuits can make us more resistant to the lure of drugs. Credit: Emily Strange Challenging the idea that addiction is hardwired in the brain, a new UC Berkeley study of mice suggests that even a short […]
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