Reward Sensitivity Is Associated with Brain Activity during Erotic Stimulus Processing (2013)

PLoS One. 2013; 8(6): e66940. Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0066940 PMCID: PMC3695981 Victor Costumero,* Alfonso Barrós-Loscertales, Juan Carlos Bustamante, Noelia Ventura-Campos, Paola Fuentes, Patricia Rosell-Negre, and César Ávila Hengyi Rao, Editor Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract The behavioral approach system (BAS) from Gray’s reinforcement […]

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Greater corticolimbic activation to high-calorie food cues after eating in obese vs. normal-weight adults (2012)

Appetite. 2012 Feb;58(1):303-12. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.10.014. Dimitropoulos A1, Tkach J, Ho A, Kennedy J. Abstract The goal of this research is to identify the neural response to rewarding food cues before and after eating in overweight/obese (OB) and normal-weight (NW) adults. Based on the previous literature, we expected greater differential activation to food cues vs. objects […]

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470 Days – It isn’t about the streak of days, but a sort-of-transcendental change of character

This subreddit has been incredibly important to me and my struggles (and occasional lack thereof) with pornography. I’ve been a long time subscriber and supporter. But about seven days ago I ‘failed’. I watched more porn in three days than I slept. But I’m not going to say it diminishes the past 470something days of […]

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How physical exercise protects the brain from stress-induced depression

In a study in the journal Cell, Jorge Ruas and Maria Lindskog show how physical exercise protects the brain from stress-induced depression in mice. Credit: Ulf Sirborn Physical exercise has many beneficial effects on human health, including the protection from stress-induced depression. However, until now the mechanisms that mediate this protective effect have been unknown. […]

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Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (2014)

Citation: Loh KK, Kanai R (2014) Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. PLoS ONE 9(9): e106698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106698 Abstract Media multitasking, or the concurrent consumption of multiple media forms, is increasingly prevalent in today’s society and has been associated with negative psychosocial and cognitive impacts. Individuals who […]

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