Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 4. Published online 2016 Jan 28. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00004 PMCID: PMC4729938 Xin Du,1,† Xin Qi,1,† Yongxin Yang,2,† Guijin Du,3 Peihong Gao,3 Yang Zhang,1 Wen Qin,1 Xiaodong Li,3,* and Quan Zhang1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Recent studies suggested that internet gaming […]
I’m 23 and I was exposed to porn at the ripe age of 7. In 1999 I was always on the computer and due to my unsupervised use of the Internet. I found porn by accident and was hooked ever since. 16 years of addiction. I was viewing porn on the daily. It would get […]
J Physiol Anthropol. 2015; 35: 8. Published online 2016 Mar 8. doi: 10.1186/s40101-016-0089-3 PMCID: PMC4782579 Ji-Woo Seok, Jin-Hun Sohn, and Chaejoon Cheong Abstract Background Sexual behavior is an important role for the survival of species. The advancement of brain imaging methods has enabled the understanding of the brain mechanism related to sexual arousal. The previous […]
ARTICLE: Might tube sites be to porn what crack is to cocaine? You’ve read it before, right? “Porn has been around since ancient times and Internet porn is fundamentally no different.” Some porn users, however, are telling a different story, and it’s one that therapists with porn-using clients need to hear. The degree and intensity […]
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J Behav Addict. 2016 May 9:1-13. Harper C1, Hodgins DC1. Abstract Background and aims The phenomenon of Internet pornography (IP) addiction is gaining increasing attention in the popular media and psychological research.What has not been tested empirically is how frequency and amount of IP use, along with other individual characteristics, are related to symptoms of […]
Front. Psychol., 10 May 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00687 Helen E. Fisher1, Xiaomeng Xu2, Arthur Aron3 and Lucy L. Brown4* 1The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 2Department of Psychology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA 3Department of Psychology, The State University of New York Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA 4Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein […]
J Formos Med Assoc. 2016 May 1. pii: S0929-6646(16)30039-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2016.03.010. Liu HC1, Liu SI2, Tjung JJ3, Sun FJ4, Huang HC4, Fang CK5. Background/Purpose Self-harm (SH) is a risk factor for suicide. We aimed to determine whether internet addiction and internet exposure to confided suicidal ideation are associated with SH in adolescents. Methods This study […]
Psychiatry Res. 2016 Apr 30;241:66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.109. Lee TK1, Roh S2, Han JH3, Park SJ4, Soh MA5, Han DH6, Shaffer HJ7. Abstract This study examined patterns of problematic internet use (PIU) among South Korean internet users to investigate the association between PIU and dissociative experiences. Five hundred and eight participants between 20 and 49 years […]
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 May 6. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.68. Rigoli F1, Rutledge RB1,2, Chew B1, Ousdal OT1,3, Dayan P4, Dolan RJ1,2. Abstract While the impact of dopamine on reward learning is well documented, its influence on other aspects of behaviour remains the subject of much ongoing work. Dopaminergic drugs are known to increase risk-taking behaviour, but the underlying […]
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Exp Brain Res. 2016 Apr 27. Zhang Y1,2, Mei W3, Zhang JX4, Wu Q3, Zhang W5. Abstract The insula is a region that integrates interoception and drug urges, but little is known about its role in behavioral addiction such as internet addiction. We investigated insula-based functional connectivity in participants with internet gaming disorder (IGD) and […]