Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication 5 January 2016; doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.193 H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 1Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 2Division of Medical Neuroimaging Analysis, Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 3Department of Nuclear […]
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Are we waxing away the line between adults and children? At present, our culture both underestimates the power of erotic cues and misinterprets their significance. That is, sexual cues are presumed harmless because sexual tastes are thought to be hardwired whatever one views. Two circular assumptions follow from this faulty premise: First, we assume that […]
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Behav Sci (Basel). 2015 Dec 15;5(4):602-25. doi: 10.3390/bs5040602. Groves CL1, Gentile D2, Tapscott RL3, Lynch PJ4. LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Three studies assessed the construct of pathological video game use and tested its predictive validity. Replicating previous research, Study 1 produced evidence of convergent validity in 8th and 9th graders (N = 607) classified […]
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J Behav Addict. 2015 Dec;4(4):299-307. doi: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.037. Haug S1, Castro RP1, Kwon M2, Filler A3,4, Kowatsch T3,5, Schaub MP1. Abstract Background and Aims: Smartphone addiction, its association with smartphone use, and its predictors have not yet been studied in a European sample. This study investigated indicators of smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and their associations with […]
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COMMENTS: This Korean fMRI study replicates other brain studies on porn users. Like the Cambridge University studies it found cue-induced brain activation patterns in sex addicts which mirrored the patterns of drug addicts. In line with several German studies it found alterations in the prefrontal cortex which match the changes observed in drug addicts. While […]
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Psychol Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Sep 23. Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sci. 2012 Sep 1; 23(9): 984–993. Published online 2012 Jul 18. doi: 10.1177/0956797611435529 PMCID: PMC3779897 NIHMSID: NIHMS487528 Ross E. O’Hara,1 Frederick X. Gibbons,1 Meg Gerrard,2 Zhigang Li,3 and James D. Sargent4 Author information ► Copyright and […]
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BMC Psychiatry. 2011; 11: 144. Published online 2011 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-144 PMCID: PMC3176476 Copyright©2011 Achab et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Sophia Achab,1,2,3 Magali Nicolier,1 Frédéric Mauny,4,5 Julie Monnin,1,6 Benoit Trojak,7 Pierre Vandel,1,2 Daniel Sechter,1,2 Philip Gorwood,8,9 and Emmanuel Haffen1,2,6 1Clinical Psychiatry Department, Besançon University Hospital, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France 2EA 481 “Neurosciences Laboratory”- […]
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Front Neurosci. 2015; 9: 404. Published online 2015 Nov 5. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00404 PMCID: PMC4633516 Manoranjan S. D’Souza* Go to: Abstract Individuals addicted to drugs of abuse such as alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and heroin are a significant burden on healthcare systems all over the world. The positive reinforcing (rewarding) effects of the above mentioned drugs play […]
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J Adolesc Health. 2015 Dec;57(6):637-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.08.015. Thompson MP1, Kingree JB2, Zinzow H3, Swartout K4. Abstract PURPOSE: Preventing sexual aggression (SA) can be informed by determining if time-varying risk factors differentiate men who follow different sexual aggression risk trajectories. METHODS: Data are from a longitudinal study with 795 college males surveyed at the end of […]
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COMMENTS: New Cambridge University brain study. Subjects were carefully screened porn addicts. Compared with controls, they habituated faster to sexual images. That is, their brains became less activated seeing the same image…they were more quickly bored. Thus, the novelty of internet porn drives the addiction to it, creating a circular spiral of needing more novelty […]
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