Animal Models of Compulsive Eating Behavior (2014)

Nutrients. 2014 Oct 22;6(10):4591-4609. Segni MD1, Patrono E2, Patella L3, Puglisi-Allegra S4, Ventura R5. Abstract Eating disorders are multifactorial conditions that can involve a combination of genetic, metabolic, environmental, and behavioral factors. Studies in humans and laboratory animals show that eating can also be regulated by factors unrelated to metabolic control. Several studies suggest a […]

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London Times feature by Gary Wilson – “A cure for porn addicts who have lost that loving feeling”

Young men are finding that addiction to hardcore videos is harming their physical ability to have real sex. Gary Wilson explains how science and online discussion groups are helping them to quit In 2007, something strange happened on the internet. I know, something strange is always happening on the internet. But this wasn’t a viral […]

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Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours (2014)

Comments: The long-awaited Voon study highlighted in the UK documentary “Porn on the Brain” is finally out. As expected, Cambridge University researchers found that compulsive porn users react to porn cues in the same way that drug addicts react to drug cues. But there’s more. Compulsive porn users craved porn (greater wanting), but did not […]

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Cambridge University Study: Internet porn addiction mirrors drug addiction (Voon et al., 2014)

Updates: Many more neurological studies. This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal) providing strong support for the addiction model. This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the porn addiction model. (This dated paper was not a literature review […]

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The neural basis of video gaming (2011) – Found larger nucleus accumbens

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 14;9(3):e91506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091506. eCollection 2014. S Kühn,1,2,3,* A Romanowski,2 C Schilling,2 R Lorenz,2 C Mörsen,2 N Seiferth,2 T Banaschewski,4 A Barbot,5 G J Barker,6 C Büchel,7 P J Conrod,6 J W Dalley,8,9 H Flor,10 H Garavan,11 B Ittermann,3 K Mann,12 J-L Martinot,13,14 T Paus,15,16,17 M Rietschel,18 M N Smolka,19,20 A Ströhle,1 […]

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