Brain Imaging and Behavior December 2015, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp 703–716 Claudio Imperatori Email author Mariantonietta Fabbricatore Marco Innamorati Benedetto Farina Maria Isabella Quintiliani Dorian A. Lamis Edoardo Mazzucchi Anna Contardi Catello Vollono Giacomo Della Marca DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9324-x Cite this article as: Imperatori, C., Fabbricatore, M., Innamorati, M. et al. Brain Imaging and Behavior (2015) 9: 703. doi:10.1007/s11682-014-9324-x Abstract We evaluated the modifications of electroencephalographic (EEG) power […]
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UPDATE: The points made below have now been affirmed in peer-reviewed research. In Social Desirability Bias in Pornography-Related Self-Reports: The Role of Religion (2017), Dr. Joshua Grubbs tested his hypothesis that religious individuals are more likely to lie about their porn use (in anonymous surveys studies or to researchers). The “religious people are lying” hypothesis […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 24;7:175. eCollection 2016. De-Sola Gutiérrez J1, Rodríguez de Fonseca F2, Rubio G3. Abstract We present a review of the studies that have been published about addiction to cell phones. We analyze the concept of cell-phone addiction as well as its prevalence, study methodologies, psychological features, and associated psychiatric comorbidities. Research in […]
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Brain Imaging Behav. 2016 Nov 4. Zhai J1, Luo L2, Qiu L1, Kang Y1, Liu B1, Yu D3, Lu X3, Yuan K4. Abstract White matter (WM) integrity abnormalities had been reported in Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography allows identification of WM tracts, potentially providing information about the integrity and organization of […]
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COMMENTS: In this paper, US Navy doctors warn of a possible link between internet porn use and sexual dysfunctions. The entire paper is well worth a read (see below) and also available here. It reviews more than 180 relevant papers, pointing out that traditional explanations for ED are insufficient to account for the recent jump […]
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COMMENTS: While the study uses the term “Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB),” the subjects were porn addicts (see this press release). Compared to healthy controls CSB subjects had increased left amygdala volume and reduced functional connectivity during rest between the left amygdala and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex DLPFC. The authors conclude: Our current findings highlight elevated […]
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Ali Sahraian 1 ; Seyyed Bozorgmehr Hedayati 2 ; Arash Mani 3 ; and Arvin Hedayati 4, * 1 Associated Professor, Psychiatrist, Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran 2 General Physician, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz, […]
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