Rewiring the Addicted Brain Through a Psychobiological Model of Physical Exercise (2019)

Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 600. Published online 2019 Aug 27. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00600 PMCID: PMC6718472 PMID: 31507468 Kell Grandjean Costa, 1 Daniel Aranha Cabral, 1 Rodrigo Hohl, 2 and Eduardo Bodnariuc Fontes 1 , * Abstract Drug addiction is a worldwide public health problem, resulting from multiple phenomena, including those both social and biological. Chronic use of […]

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The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users (2019)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 28;16(17). pii: E3142. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173142. Extremera N1, Quintana-Orts C2, Sánchez-Álvarez N3, Rey L3. Abstract Prior work has suggested that individuals with deficits in emotion regulation skills are prone to compulsive behaviour and to following maladaptive coping strategies, such as smartphone overuse, to manage negative moods. Adolescence is […]

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Associations Among Resilience, Stress, Depression, and Internet Gaming Disorder in Young Adults (2019)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 31;16(17). pii: E3181. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173181. Yen JY1,2, Lin HC1,3, Chou WP3, Liu TL3, Ko CH4,5,6. Abstract Background and Aims: Using gaming to escape emotional difficulty has been suggested to be a candidate mechanism contributing to Internet gaming disorder (IGD). This study evaluated the associations among resilience, perceived […]

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Debunking the realyourbrainonporn (scienceofarousal.com) “Sex Offender Section”: The actual state of the research on porn use and sexual aggression, coercion & violence

Introduction In this sex offender section, if you are concerned about the biased, but increasingly well publicized, views of pro-porn sexologists and their allies, we have news for you. For your convenience, a large team of Porn Science Deniers have now “outed” themselves as an exclusive club. You can find them proudly pictured here in […]

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I had ED and thinking about penetration didn’t even excite me

Okay ladies and gentlemen… That’s my story… https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/femdom-addiction-for-7-years-please-help.94640/ Yes, it was my story when i was helpless and when i was so weak to do anything to help myself. But then i discover this wonderful forum which give me hope… Hope to live. I was on the edge of suicide, i hated myself for everything […]

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Impaired Recent Verbal Memory in Pornography-Addicted Juvenile Subjects (2019)

Neurology Research International Volume 2019, Article ID 2351638, 5 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2351638 Pukovisa Prawiroharjo,1 Hainah Ellydar,2 Peter Pratama,3 Rizki Edmi Edison,4 Sitti Evangeline Imelda Suaidy,2 Nya’ Zata Amani,2 and Diavitri Carissima2 1Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia/Cipto Mangukusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia 2Yayasan Kita Dan Buah Hati, Bekasi, Indonesia 3Independent Scholar, Indonesia 4Neuroscience Center-University of Muhammadiyah […]

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The cost of obtaining rewards enhances the reward prediction error signal of midbrain dopamine neurons (2019)

Shingo Tanaka, John P. O’Doherty & Masamichi Sakagami Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 3674 (2019) | Download Citation Abstract Midbrain dopamine neurons are known to encode reward prediction errors (RPE) used to update value predictions. Here, we examine whether RPE signals coded by midbrain dopamine neurons are modulated by the cost paid to obtain rewards, by recording […]

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A retrospective poem at day 30

Blurred edges and a cloudy ideal, With intangible thematic and numbed feel. Something’s here, something lined with wrong A distant voice. Faint yet Strong. Something that matters and is built on high my perspective of others that soar and fly. Luck and pathways and innate ambitions. Crystalised moments of stony decisions. A glass ceiling and […]

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