Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 514. Published online 2016 Oct 14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00514 PMCID: PMC5063846 Alexxai V. Kravitz,1,2,* Timothy J. O’Neal,1 and Danielle M. Friend1 Abstract Obesity is associated with physical inactivity, which exacerbates the negative health consequences of obesity. Despite a wide consensus that people with obesity should exercise more, there are few effective […]
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Available online 29 December 2016 Danielle M. Friend1, 9, Kavya Devarakonda1, 9, Timothy J. O’Neal1, 9, Miguel Skirzewski5, Ioannis Papazoglou1, Alanna R. Kaplan2, Jeih-San Liow4, Juen Guo1, Sushil G. Rane1, Marcelo Rubinstein6, 7, 8, Veronica A. Alvarez2, Kevin D. Hall1, Alexxai V. Kravitz1, 3, 10, , Show more http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2016.12.001 Highlights • Obesity is associated with […]
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DOI: 10.4236/sn.2017.61001 Author(s) Anik Ferron1, Yvan Lussier1*, Stéphane Sabourin2, Audrey Brassard3 Affiliation(s) 1Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. 2Université Laval, Québec, Canada. 3Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada. ABSTRACT Although adults in romantic relationships currently show more openness to online sexual behaviors [1], these behaviors can nevertheless increase couple conflicts and instability [2]. In the […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2013; 4: 44. Published online 2013 Jun 3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00044 PMCID: PMC3669800 Pierre Trifilieff1,2 and Diana Martinez1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Cocaine addiction is accompanied by a decrease in striatal dopamine signaling, […]
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Appetite. 2016 Oct 27. pii: S0195-6663(16)30647-X. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.10.033. Schulte EM1, Potenza MN2, Gearhardt AN3. Abstract The food addiction construct posits that vulnerable individuals may experience an addictive-like response to certain foods, such as those high in fat and refined carbohydrates. Recently, an alternative model to food addiction was proposed, suggesting that the act of eating […]
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I’m ______, born in 2000, and I’ve been here since September 9, 2014. I discovered masturbation at a young age, but when I got introduced to pornography in 2013, it started to cause problems. I won’t say too much, I’ve already written down some very important things for myself which I will put below. Why […]
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COMMENTS: This new study (abstract below) is being touted as a “failed replication” of a highly cited 1989 experiment, thus proving that porn use has little effect of intimate relationships. First, it’s absurd to claim that experimental studies can demonstrate if porn viewing really causes negative relationship effects.” Experiments where college-aged guys view a few […]
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