Behav. Sci. 2015, 5(3), 372-383; doi:10.3390/bs5030372 Kyle Faust 1,* and David Faust 1,2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Alpert Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Box G-A1, Providence, RI 02912, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be […]
This is just one of millions of stories, and not the most extreme I’ve seen on here. I’m committing this to paper mostly for me, but putting it here because it might help someone else. I’ve been watching porn since around the end of middle school/beginning of high school (2006 or 2007-ish), and was a […]
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Ever wondered why you’re getting so many colds? Researchers say it could be due to spending too long online Scientists from Swansea Uni have found that excessive internet users may get ill more often as excessive internet use can damage people’s immune function. The study evaluated 500 people aged 18 to 101 years old. It […]
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 5;10(8):e0134538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134538. Reed P1, Vile R1, Osborne LA2, Romano M3, Truzoli R3. Abstract Problematic internet use has been associated with a variety of psychological comorbidities, but it relationship with physical illness has not received the same degree of investigation. The current study surveyed 505 participants online, and asked about their […]
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Behav Sci (Basel). 2015 Jul 28;5(3):341-352. Northrup JC1, Lapierre C2, Kirk J3, Rae C4. Abstract The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term “Internet addiction” is structurally problematic, as the Internet is […]
Arch Sex Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jan 1. Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Jan; 43(1): 191–196. doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0239-1 PMCID: PMC3951775 NIHMSID: NIHMS551723 Andrea L. Roberts, M. Maria Glymour, and Karestan C. Koenen Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this […]
Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 8: 1–31. Published online 2015 Mar 24. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.03.016 PMCID: PMC4473270 D. Val-Laillet,a,⁎ E. Aarts,b B. Weber,c M. Ferrari,d V. Quaresima,d L.E. Stoeckel,e M. Alonso-Alonso,f M. Audette,g C.H. Malbert,h and E. Sticei Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has […]
Diabetes Care. 2012 May;35(5):1105-11. doi: 10.2337/dc11-2250. Epub 2012 Mar 19. Dunn JP1, Kessler RM, Feurer ID, Volkow ND, Patterson BW, Ansari MS, Li R, Marks-Shulman P, Abumrad NN. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, which are involved with reward and motivation, are modulated by hormones that regulate food intake (insulin, leptin, and acyl ghrelin [AG]). […]
PLoS One. 2015 Jul 14;10(7):e0131597. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131597. Zhang Y1, Mei S2, Li L2, Chai J2, Li J2, Du H3. Abstract Internet addiction (IA) has increasingly been recognized as a serious psychological malady among college students. Impulsivity has been shown to be associated to addictive behaviors, also to IA, and that the purpose of the study […]
Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Jun 16;9:356. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00356. eCollection 2015. Lin F1, Zhou Y2, Du Y3, Zhao Z3, Qin L2, Xu J2, Lei H1. Abnormal structure and function in the striatum and prefrontal cortex (PFC) have been revealed in Internet addiction disorder (IAD). However, little is known about alterations of corticostriatal functional circuits in IAD. […]