ScienceDaily (July 17, 2012) — Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior. And yet, even though a great deal of research has shown that adolescents who watch more risky behaviors in popular movies, like drinking or smoking, are more likely to drink […]
July 24th, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems — such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s — and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with social networking programs like creating community centers to encourage new relationships have not been effective. However, a new study led by […]
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Neuroscience. 2010 August 11; 169(1): 182–194. Published online 2010 May 7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.056 Friedbert Weiss,Loren H. Parsons,Gery Schulteis,Petri Hyytiä,Marge T. Lorang,Floyd E. Bloom, andGeorge F. Koob + Author Affiliations 1 Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 Next Section Abstract Basal forebrain dopamine (DA) and 5-HT neurotransmission has been implicated […]
A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays; Nofap and Life This is a selection of my thoughts after having tried nofap for 3 months. Not a story as such, just some general points you may find interesting. The focus is on how nofap alters all areas of life. To start off with, here are my vital statistics. […]
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Things That Help Me (and may help you) Since I’ve joined this community I’ve relapsed several times but I thought I might write a post to everyone to share some tactics that have helped me through this whole process: Setting r/NoFap as my home page– this helps curb my impulse to immediately jump on a […]
FULL STUDY – Am J Psychiatry 158:1558-1567, October 2001 © 2001 American Psychiatric Association Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D., Jeremy D. Coplan, M.D., and Jack M. Gorman, M.D. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The authors critically surveyed several preclinical and clinical neurobiological models of social anxiety disorder. METHOD: The authors reviewed the recent literature regarding three animal models […]
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J Nucl Med May 2008 vol. 49 no. 5 757-763 Nic J. van der Wee1, J. Frederieke van Veen1, Henk Stevens2, Irene M. van Vliet1, Peter P. van Rijk2 and Herman G. Westenberg1 + Author Affiliations 1Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and 2Department of Nuclear […]
Jeannine Stamatakis, instructor at several colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area, responds in Scientific American: There is no denying the high you feel after a run in the park or a swim at the beach. Exercise not only boosts your physical health–as one can easily see by watching a marathon or a boxing match–but […]
Digital content is designed to be addictive – like tobacco or fast food. So let’s be honest about which services are the doughnuts ‘Parents will know that taking an iPad away from a toddler is not something you undertake lightly.’ Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/D Legakis Photography/Athena I like the internet. I use it a lot. In […]
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INITIAL POST I’ve fought ED for the last 4 years or so. I had a long-distance girlfriend for the majority of that time, and PMO was overwhelmingly my main sexual outlet. Over that period, I became the textbook example of how porn can poison the mind and body of an otherwise incredibly healthy 20-some-odd year […]