J Behav Addict. 2018 Mar 13:1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.20. Lee D1,2, Park J3, Namkoong K1,2, Kim IY3, Jung YC1,2. ABSTRACT Background and aims Altered risk/reward decision-making is suggested to predispose individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD) to pursue short-term pleasure, despite long-term negative consequences. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) play important […]
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Hypothesis and Theory ARTICLE Front. Psychol., 20 February 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00141 Samuel P. L. Veissière1,2,3,4* and Moriah Stendel1,3,4 1Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 2Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 3Raz Lab in Cognitive Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 4Culture, Mind, and Brain Program, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada We […]
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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Hello, welcome to my “success story” that I decided to publish on my 128th day of nofap. Why 128 days you might ask? Well, in the early days of my nofap journey, counting the number of days became very helpful and using significant numbers […]
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This is the extraordinary story of how Nicole Prause used every conceivable tactic to try to prevent the publication of a peer-reviewed paper, Park et al, in a prestigious journal. The paper in question: Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports (Park et al., 2016). [As of early 2020, Park et […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Feb 21:1-8. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.12. Wu AMS1, Chen JH1, Tong KK1, Yu S1, Lau JTF2,3. Abstract Background and aims Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been mainly studied among adolescents, and no research to date has examined its prevalence in general Chinese adult populations. This study estimated the prevalence of probable IGD in […]
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Addict Behav. 2018 Feb 12;81:157-166. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.017. Ioannidis K1, Treder MS2, Chamberlain SR1, Kiraly F3, Redden SA4, Stein DJ5, Lochner C6, Grant JE7. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Problematic internet use (PIU; otherwise known as Internet Addiction) is a growing problem in modern societies. There is scarce knowledge of the demographic variables and specific internet activities […]
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J Behav Addict. 2017 Dec 1;6(4):490-504. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.073. Bielefeld M1, Drews M2, Putzig I3, Bottel L1, Steinbüchel T1, Dieris-Hirche J1, Szycik GR4, Müller A5, Roy M6, Ohlmeier M7, Theodor Te Wildt B1. Abstract Objectives There is good scientific evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is both a predictor and a comorbidity of addictive disorders […]
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Lawal, Abiodun Musbau, and Erhabor Sunday Idemudia. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (2017): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2017.1406380 Abstract The study separately examined gender and class level differences in sexual compulsivity and determined the contributions of loneliness and internet addiction in explaining sexual compulsivity among secondary school students. A convenience sample of 311 male and female secondary […]
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George, Manju, Shreemit Maheshwari, Suhas Chandran, Suman S. Rao, J. Shivanand Manohar, and TS Sathyanarayana Rao. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 60, no. 8 (2018): 510. Abstract Addiction is the term employed not only for excess consumption of substances, but also for problem behaviours like eating disorders, pathological gambling, computer addiction and pathological preoccupation with […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Jan 31:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.02. Roh D1, Bhang SY2, Choi JS3,4, Kweon YS5, Lee SK1, Potenza MN6,7. Abstract Background Potential concerns are increasing that smartphone and Internet addictions may have deleterious effects on the mental health. Despite the recognition of the important role that implicit associations may have over explicit processes in […]
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