Brain Sci. 2012, 2(3), 347-374; doi:10.3390/brainsci2030347 Daria J. Kuss* and Mark D. Griffiths International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Received: 28 June 2012; in revised form: 24 August 2012 / Accepted: 28 August 2012 / Published: 5 September […]
JAMA. 2009 Sep 9;302(10):1084-91. Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Kollins SH, Wigal TL, Newcorn JH, Telang F, Fowler JS, Zhu W, Logan J, Ma Y, Pradhan K, Wong C, Swanson JM. National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Blvd, Room 5274, MSC 9581, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. [email protected] Erratum in JAMA. 2009 Oct 7;302(13):1420. Abstract CONTEXT: […]
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J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;21(3):223-9. Hosenbocus S, Chahal R. Department of Psychiatry, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To review both the functions and dysfunction of the executive system (ES) focusing on the extent of executive function (EF) deficits in most psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents and the […]
Behav Brain Funct.2012 Aug 18;8(1):41. Dong G, Huang J, Du X. Abstract Backgrounds. Internet gaming addiction (IGA), as a subtype of internet addiction disorder, is rapidly becoming a prevalent mental health concern around the world. The neurobiological underpinnings of IGA should be studied to unravel the potential heterogeneity of IGA. This study investigated the brain […]
Wikipedia: In psychology, the Stroop effect is a demonstration of the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color (e.g., “blue,” “green,” or “red”) is printed in a color not denoted by the name (e.g., the word “red” printed in blue ink instead of red ink), naming the color of the word […]
Sex Addiction Deniers: What Makes Them So Mad? By Linda Hatch, PhD The mere idea of “sex addiction” gets a lot of people angry. I’m talking here about the writers who rail about the “myth” of sexual addiction and who argue that the whole idea of sex addiction is just a cop-out for the addict […]
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UPDATES on this American Association of Addiction Medicine announcement: An official diagnosis? The world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 39 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support […]
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Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the stress levels of people who care for those stricken by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Now they know why. As previously reported, practicing a certain form of chanting yogic meditation […]
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July 24th, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the stress levels of people who care for those stricken by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Now they know why. As previously reported, practicing […]
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COMMENTS: Another addiction review describing the mechanisms of addiction by two of the worlds leading experts. Note that Nora Volkow is the head of NIDA, and has stated that behavioral addictions involve the same fundamental mechanisms and brain changes as drug addictions. FULL STUDY – Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 January; 35(1): 217–238. Published online 2009 August 26. […]