Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Apr;17(4):563. doi: 10.1007/s11920-015-0563-3. Schulte EM1, Joyner MA, Potenza MN, Grilo CM, Gearhardt AN. Abstract “Food addiction” is an emerging area, and behavioral and biological overlaps have been observed between eating and addictive disorders. Potential misconceptions about applying an addiction framework to problematic eating behavior may inhibit scientific progress. Critiques of “food […]
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Curr Opin Neurobiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Aug 1. Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Aug; 23(4): 632–638. Published online 2013 Feb 8. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.018 PMCID: PMC3670974 NIHMSID: NIHMS439661 Xavier Noël,a Damien Brevers,b and Antoine Becharab Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2015; 9: 40. Published online 2015 Feb 5. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00040 Robert C. Lorenz,1,2,† Tobias Gleich,1,† Jürgen Gallinat,1,3 and Simone Kühn4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Video games contain elaborate reinforcement and reward schedules that have the potential to maximize motivation. Neuroimaging studies suggest […]
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Brain Imaging Behav. 2015 Feb 27. Cai C1, Yuan K, Yin J, Feng D, Bi Y, Li Y, Yu D, Jin C, Qin W, Tian J. Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD), identified in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) Section III as a condition warranting more clinical research, […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 May 30;8:196. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00196. eCollection 2014. Crystal A. Clark and Alain Dagher* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract An influential model suggests that dopamine signals the difference between predicted and experienced reward. In […]
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