Pornography and Adolescents studies are listed below this introduction. An (L) in front of the link indicates a lay article, usually about a study. These relevant articles & videos by YBOP may be of interest: Why Shouldn’t Johnny Watch Porn If He Likes? First Sex: Just The Science Please Young Porn Users Need Longer To […]
J Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Sep;23(9):2123-34. Epub 2010 Sep 7. Somerville LH, Hare T, Casey BJ. Source Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Box 140, New York, NY 10065, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescent risk-taking is a public health issue that increases the odds of poor lifetime outcomes. One factor […]
The capacity of a teen to wire up new sexual associations mushrooms around 11-12 for girls, 12-13 for boys, when billions of new neural connections (synapses) create endless possibilities. However, by adulthood his brain must prune his neural circuitry to leave him with a manageable assortment of choices. By his twenties, he may not exactly […]
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048961. Epub 2012 Nov 14. Zhou Z, Yuan G, Yao J. Source Department of Psychology, Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cue-related go/no-go switching task provides an experimental approach to study individual’s flexibility in changing situations. Because Internet addiction disorder […]
Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2012 Nov;8(4):292-298. PDF -Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Cash H, Rae CD, Steel AH, Winkler A. Source reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, Fall City, WA 98024. Abstract Problematic computer use is a growing social issue which is being debated worldwide. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives […]
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John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa Neuron – 8 November 2012 (Vol. 76, Issue 3, pp. 470-485) Summary Nucleus accumbens dopamine is known to play a role in motivational processes, and dysfunctions of mesolimbic dopamine may contribute to motivational symptoms of depression and other disorders, as well as features of substance abuse. Although it has become traditional […]
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COMMENTS: The upcoming DSM-5 is trying to decide if hypersexual disorder should be included. The conclusion is that hypersexual disoder does exist as those with modest training can accurately diagnose the condition. See the article below the study describe the findings. J Sex Med. 2012 Oct 4. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02936.x. Reid RC, Carpenter BN, Hook JN, […]
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J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug;51(2):101-5. Giedd JN. Source Brain Imaging Section, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Abstract Remarkable advances in technologies that enable the distribution and use of information encoded as digital sequences of 1s or 0s have dramatically changed our way of life. Adolescents, old enough to […]
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Excerpt Internet Porn The rise in internet porn has damaged a lot of sex lives. People may find, to their alarm, that their partner’s libido has mysteriously vanished. It hasn’t, it’s just been given over to the computer. An unwitting alliance between the IT industry on the one hand and thousands of pornographic content providers […]
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How much masturbation is right for you? Consider the facts and make your own experiment. Have you been taught that adult masturbation is so healthy that it’s practically a tonic? That all orgasms are equally beneficial? That there’s no such thing as too much ejaculation? And that there are dire consequences from not masturbating very […]
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