This is the Cambridge University press release: Pornography triggers brain activity in people with compulsive sexual behaviour known commonly as sex addiction similar to that triggered by drugs in the brains of drug addicts, according to a University of Cambridge study published in the journal PLOS ONE. However, the researchers caution that this […]
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Updates: Many more neurological studies. This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal) providing strong support for the addiction model. This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the porn addiction model. (This dated paper was not a literature review […]
PLoS One. 2014 Mar 14;9(3):e91506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091506. eCollection 2014. S Kühn,1,2,3,* A Romanowski,2 C Schilling,2 R Lorenz,2 C Mörsen,2 N Seiferth,2 T Banaschewski,4 A Barbot,5 G J Barker,6 C Büchel,7 P J Conrod,6 J W Dalley,8,9 H Flor,10 H Garavan,11 B Ittermann,3 K Mann,12 J-L Martinot,13,14 T Paus,15,16,17 M Rietschel,18 M N Smolka,19,20 A Ströhle,1 […]
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Before this streak of 77 days or whatever I’m on, I had been relapsing pretty badly, I even wrote in my journal about it. I’d completely fallen off the wagon and was in a general spiral of self destruction and malcontent. I know we’ve all been there so I will spare the details :p. I […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8: 141. Published online May 20, 2014. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00141 PMCID: PMC4033022 Anna E. Goudriaan,1,* Murat Yücel,2 and Ruth J. van Holst1,3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract In problem gamblers, diminished cognitive control and increased impulsivity is present compared to healthy controls. Moreover, […]
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Psychiatry J. 2013; 2013: 464685. Published online Mar 28, 2013. doi: 10.1155/2013/464685 PMCID: PMC3820076 Jonathan Scott 1 and Alison P. Porter-Armstrong 2 ,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Introduction. For many people, the online environment has become a significant arena for everyday living, and researchers are […]
COMMENTS: This study followed students for one year assessing levels of internet addiction and evaluating levels of depression, hostility, and social anxiety. Researchers found that internet addiction exacerbates depression, hostility, and social anxiety, while remission from Internet addiction decreases depression, hostility, and social anxiety. Cause & effect, not just correlation. Compr Psychiatry. 2014 May 17. […]
J Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC Oct 3, 2013. Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. Apr 3, 2013; 33(14): 6123–6132. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4806-12.2013 David S. Tukey,1 Jainne M. Ferreira,1,2 Shannon O. Antoine,1,3 James A. D’amour,3,4,5 Ipe Ninan,6 Soledad Cabeza de Vaca,6 Salvatore Incontro,1,7 Charlotte Wincott,1,3 Julian K. Horwitz,1 Diana T. Hartner,1 Carlo B. […]
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Psychosoc Med. 2007; 4: Doc11. Published online Oct 4, 2007. Ulrike Albrecht,1 Nina Ellen Kirschner,1 and Sabine M. Grüsser*,1 Go to: Abstract In non-substance-related addiction, the so-called behavioural addiction, no external psychotropic substances are consumed. The psychotropic effect consists of the body’s own biochemical processes induced only by excessive activities. Until recently, knowledge was limited […]
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COMMENTS: Great review of internet addiction. Explains the common shred brain changes that occur with internet based addictions. Authors strongly suggest that cybersex addiction exist and is a subcategory of Internet addiction Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 May 27;8:375. eCollection 2014. Brand M1, Young KS2, Laier C3. Abstract Most people use the Internet as a […]