Author: Coopersmith, Jonathan Source: History and Technology, Volume 22, Number 1, Number 1/March 2006 , pp. 1-25(25) Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group Abstract: Pornography has historically been closely connected with the rise of communication technologies, often providing male customers the justification to become early adopters. In recent decades, the digitalization of data, […]
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Experience, not childhood or genes, configures individual reward-circuit wiring “Intriguingly, the pleasure centre and the behaviour it guides are sculpted mostly by life experiences rather than by our genes. This challenges previous assumptions that dopamine function could be straightforwardly inherited.” —Paul Stokes, MD, PhD Our reward center (or circuitry) is shaped primarily by experience. This […]
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Front Mol Neurosci. 2012; 5: 99. Published online 2012 November 12.. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00099 PMCID: PMC3495339 Heather B. Madsen,1,† Robyn M. Brown,1,*† and Andrew J. Lawrence1,2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disorder which consists of compulsive patterns of drug-seeking and […]
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COMMENTS: Note the Internet addiction percentages for The Netherlands or Norway – from 1-5%. For hong Kong it was 17%, for Korea it was 30% for ages 10-30, and higher for males 10-19. Why the huge discrepancies? The European countries used phone surveys heavily skewed to adults, and elderly that never use the internet. Psychiatry […]
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Our current list of Internet addiction brain studies. Without exception, all studies have found addiction-related brain changes in Internet addicts. This review of the literature makes a compelling argument for Internet porn addiction as a sub-type of Internet addiction Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update (2015). The review also critiques two recent […]
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Comments: data is from 2007, yet it found that 9 our of 10 university students (individuals aged 18—26) reported using porn. What might the percentage be for young guys today? FULL TEXT PDF Journal of Adolescent Research January 2008 23: 6–30, Jason S. Carroll Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, [email protected]. Laura M. Padilla-Walker Brigham Young […]
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Rev Neurosci. 2011;22(6):609-24. Epub 2011 Nov 25. Parvaz MA, Alia-Klein N, Woicik PA, Volkow ND, Goldstein RZ. Source Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 30 Bell Ave., Bldg. 490, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA. Abstract In this review, we highlight the role of neuroimaging techniques in studying the emotional and cognitive-behavioral components of the addiction syndrome […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2010 Jul 13;4. pii: 39. Friemel CM, Spanagel R, Schneider M. Source Department of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University Mannheim, Germany. Abstract Puberty is a critical period for the initiation of drug use and abuse. Because early drug use onset often accounts for a more severe progression of addiction, […]
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Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2009 Apr;33(4):516-24. Andersen SL, Teicher MH. Source Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adverse life events are associated with a wide range of psychopathology, including an increased risk for substance abuse. In this review, we focus on the inter-relationship between exposure to adversity and […]
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Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121 Suppl 4:S273-89. Windle M, Spear LP, Fuligni AJ, Angold A, Brown JD, Pine D, Smith GT, Giedd J, Dahl RE. Source Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Room 520, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. [email protected] Abstract Numerous developmental changes occur across levels of personal organization (eg, […]
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