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Exercise Improves Executive Function and Achievement and Alters Brain Activation in Overweight Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2011)

Health Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jan 1, 2012. Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. Jan 2011; 30(1): 91–98. doi:  10.1037/a0021766 PMCID: PMC3057917 NIHMSID: NIHMS245691   Catherine L. Davis, Phillip D. Tomporowski, Jennifer E. McDowell, Benjamin P. Austin, Patricia H. Miller, Nathan E. Yanasak, Jerry D. Allison, and Jack A. Naglieri Author […]

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When I went back to porn, I felt the familiar brain fog come back, like my IQ dropped 30 points in days

Hard mode, stayed away from any provocative material, even had many close calls from SFW pics. that was last summer. then, I just went back to fapping right after the 90 days were up. like, at midnight during the 90 days, there were legit changes in my mood. however, it didn’t do much as far […]

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Dopamine Release Dynamics Change during Adolescence and after Voluntary Alcohol Intake (2014)

PLoS One. 2014 May 1;9(5):e96337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096337. Palm S, Nylander I. Author information Abstract Adolescence is associated with high impulsivity and risk taking, making adolescent individuals more inclined to use drugs. Early drug use is correlated to increased risk for substance use disorders later in life but the neurobiological basis is unclear. The brain undergoes […]

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(L) Brain Abnormalities Linked to ‘Internet Addiction’ (2014)

Pauline Anderson – May 05, 2014 NEW YORK ― Mounting research points to the potentially devastating effects of Internet addiction, especially in adolescents. A new literature review of 13 published articles showed that people with Internet addiction disorder (IAD), especially those addicted to Internet gaming, tend to have certain brain abnormalities. The results were presented here at […]

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Brain Stimulation May Help Ease OCD Symptoms By Impacting Dopamine

1 ‘May 2014 – New research from the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam suggests that release of the neurotransmitter dopamine is increased in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and that deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help return it to normal levels. Dopamine is often characterized as the tonic of pleasure because plenty of rewarding […]

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Deep Brain Stimulation For OCD Releases Dopamine In The Brain (2014)

Deep Brain Stimulation For OCD Releases Dopamine In The Brain By News Staff | April 30th 2014 A new paper suggests that dopamine release is increased in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and may be normalized by the therapeutic application of deep brain stimulation (DBS). The authors of the paper in Biological Psychiatry characterize dopamine as the […]

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Gambling severity predicts midbrain response to near-miss outcomes (2010)

J Neurosci. 2010 May 5;30(18):6180-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5758-09.2010. Chase HW1, Clark L. Author information 1School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Abstract Gambling is a common recreational activity that becomes dysfunctional in a subset of individuals, with DSM ‘pathological gambling’ regarded as the most severe form. During gambling, players experience a range […]

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