Neuropsychopharmacology (2007) 32, 1678–1686; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301295; published online 3 January 2007, Martin Zack1,2,3 and Constantine X Poulos4, Correspondence: Dr M Zack, Clinical Neuroscience Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S1.
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Comments: As the conclusion states, erotica has the highest potential for ‘compulsive use.’ That’s code for ‘addiction.’
Meerkerk GJ, Van Den Eijnden RJ, Garretsen HF.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Feb;9(1):95-103. IVO, Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Comments: One of the better articles about dopamine.
By NATALIE ANGIER, New York Times
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Aviv Weinstein, Ph.D. and Michel Lejoyeux, Ph.D.,The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Early Online:1–7, 2010
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COMMENTS: Study shows that a natural reinforcer – sugar – can cause the same effects as an addictive drug: dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. Sugar caused changes in dopamine function—that is, dopamine dysregulation.
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Comments: teens tend be impulsive as we all know. One reason is that they get a bigger blast of dopamine for novel stimuli, and have a less developed “consequences” portion of the brain. Addicts have both of these attributes – only more pronounced, along with a numbed pleasure response.
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I started porn use pretty young, like most of you here probably did. I wanted to watch a band concert on a video my bro had. Needless to say, it wasn’t the band I expected. From here my habit continued for years, until I met my first girlfriend. I stayed free from porn whilst I […]
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This section highlights the science on dopamine/dopamine receptors and anxiety. One of the benefits that men experience as they reboot is remission of social anxiety. See – Was the Cowardly Lion Just Masturbating With Porn Too Much? Addiction affects dopamine and dopamine receptors altering our perception – sometimes drastically. Chronically low dopamine/dopamine receptors, punctuated by […]
