by Jeffrey Schwartz, a medical doctor who treats OCD. He’s mentioned in The Brain That Changes Itself, and his work is right in line with what is being discovered about brain plasticity by neuroscientists (including himself). He’s also intrigued by Buddhist principles. Here’s what a forum member said about this book: It’s excellent. It is […]
Hum Brain Mapp. 2010 June; 31(6): 926–933. Published online 2010 May 3. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21052 PMCID: PMC3410522 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore,1,* Stephanie Burnett,1,2 and Ronald E Dahl3 Abstract Adolescence refers to the period of physical and psychological development between childhood and adulthood. The beginning of adolescence is loosely anchored to the onset of puberty, which brings dramatic alterations […]
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PET scanning study has important implications for future research into disorders such as schizophrenia, addiction and Parkinson’s disease. By Eliot Barford A study by Imperial College London scientists has provided an unprecedented insight into the roles nature and nurture play in our behaviour, with important implications for future research into disorders such as schizophrenia, addiction […]
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January 26th, 2011 in Medicine & Health / Neuroscience Enlarge Each row represents the activity in a neuron at key times during the task. At the time of reward, nearly one-third of adolescent neurons became excited (shown in red) though the level of inhibition (in blue) changed marginally. Adult neurons registered much higher inhibitory activity […]
J Res Adolesc. 2011 Mar 1;21(1):21-33. Casey B, Jones RM, Somerville LH. Source Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY USA. Abstract Adolescence is a developmental period often characterized as a time of impulsive and risky choices leading to increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and drug abuse, […]
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Dev Rev. 2008; 28(1): 62–77. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2007.08.003 PMCID: PMC2500212 B.J. Casey,a,* Sarah Getz,a and Adriana Galvanb Abstract Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by suboptimal decisions and actions that give rise to an increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and drug abuse, unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Traditional neurobiological and cognitive explanations […]
Brain Cogn. 2010 Feb;72(1):124-33. Somerville LH, Jones RM, Casey BJ. Source Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in affective and incentive-seeking behavior relative to both childhood and adulthood, including a heightened propensity to engage in risky […]
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Dec;49(12):1189-201; quiz 1285. Casey BJ, Jones RM. Source Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. [email protected] Abstract OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain […]
So, after 85 days of not fapping after being a multiple fap per day addict for many years… I can say partaking in nofap has been the best decision I have made in my life. I won’t go into detail about specific improvements because I experienced what everyone seems to experience. I’ll make a quick […]
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Fatigue can make relapse more likely. In this study, a task designed to induce fatigue activated the midbrain in healthy subjects but not in cocaine-addicted subjects (top row). However, when testsubjects were first given a dose of a pharmaceutical drug that boosts braindopamine function (methylphenidate, bottom row), these effects completely flipped: There was some midbrain […]