Case Report: Internet Gaming Disorder Associated With Pornography Use (2015)

Comments: In this case study, experts point out that recovery from internet gaming disorder (IGD) still left a patient using internet porn excessively with adverse consequences. They urge experts to address porn use as a “co-occurring morbidity with IGD,” lest it become more insidious and difficult to treat. Yale J Biol Med. 2015 Sep 3;88(3):319-324. […]

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Viewing Sexually-Explicit Materials Alone or Together: Associations with Relationship Quality (2009)

COMMENTS: This study is often cited as support for the contention that watching porn enhances sexual satisfaction. From the study: Those who viewed SEM only with their partners reported more dedication and higher sexual satisfaction than those who viewed SEM alone. However, the percentage of couples, in a representative sample, where both partners ONLY watch […]

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Back by Popular Demand: A Narrative Review on the History of Food Addiction Research (2015)

Yale J Biol Med. 2015 Sep; 88(3): 295–302. Published online 2015 Sep 3. PMCID: PMC4553650 Focus: Addiction Adrian Meule Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract In recent years, the concept of food addiction has gained more and more popularity. This approach acknowledges the apparent parallels between substance use disorders and […]

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Video Game Use in the Treatment of Amblyopia: Weighing the Risks of Addiction (2015)

Yale J Biol Med. 2015 Sep; 88(3): 309–317. Published online 2015 Sep 3. PMCID: PMC4553652 Focus: Addiction Chaoying S. Xu, Jessica S. Chen, and Ron A. Adelman* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Video games have surged in popularity due to their entertainment factor and, with recent innovation, their use […]

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Abnormal prefrontal cortex resting state functional connectivity and severity of internet gaming disorder (2015)

Brain Imaging Behav. 2015 Aug 27. Jin C1, Zhang T, Cai C, Bi Y, Li Y, Yu D, Zhang M, Yuan K. Abstract Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) among adolescents has become an important public concern and gained more and more attention internationally. Recent studies focused on IGD and revealed brain abnormalities in the IGD group, […]

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“Without Porn … I Wouldn’t Know Half the Things I Know Now”: A Qualitative Study of Pornography Use Among a Sample of Urban, Low-Income, Black and Hispanic Youth (2015)

J Sex Res. 2015 Sep;52(7):736-46. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.960908. Epub 2014 Oct 28. Rothman EF1, Kaczmarsky C, Burke N, Jansen E, Baughman A. Abstract Information about the pornography-viewing habits of urban, low-income youth of color in the United States is lacking. This study was designed to answer the following using a sample of 16- to 18-year-old urban-residing, […]

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Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood (2004)

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 May 25; 101(21): 8174–8179. Published online 2004 May 17. doi:  10.1073/pnas.0402680101 PMCID: PMC419576 Neuroscience Nitin Gogtay,*† Jay N. Giedd,* Leslie Lusk,* Kiralee M. Hayashi,‡ Deanna Greenstein,* A. Catherine Vaituzis,* Tom F. Nugent, III,* David H. Herman,* Liv S. Clasen,* Arthur W. Toga,‡ Judith L. Rapoport,* and Paul […]

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Structural MRI of Pediatric Brain Development: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? (2010)

Neuron. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Feb 23. Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2010 Sep 9; 67(5): 728–734. doi:  10.1016/j.neuron.2010.08.040 PMCID: PMC3285464 NIHMSID: NIHMS347429 Jay N. Giedd1,* and Judith L. Rapoport1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuron See […]

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How Relevant is Food Craving to Obesity and Its Treatment? (2014)

Front Psychiatry. 2014; 5: 164. Published online 2014 Nov 19. doi:  10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00164 PMCID: PMC4237037 Marc N. Potenza1,* and Carlos M. Grilo2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Cravings represent strong motivational states that are characterized by intense desires typically relating […]

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Effect of mass media and Internet on sexual behavior of undergraduates in Osogbo metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria (2014)

Adolesc Health Med Ther. 2014 Jan 28;5:15-23. doi: 10.2147/AHMT.S54339. eCollection 2014. Asekun-Olarinmoye OS1, Asekun-Olarinmoye EO2, Adebimpe WO2, Omisore AG2. Abstract INTRODUCTION: The influence of media portrayals of sexual attitudes and normative expectations of young people at a critical developmental stage is of public health concern. OBJECTIVES: To examine the role of mass media and Internet […]

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