Internet addiction can cause physical damage to the brain‚ just like drugs‚ say researchers By ROB WAUGH UPDATED: 07:42 GMT‚ 12 January 2012 Internet addiction disrupts nerve wiring in the brains of teenagers‚ a study has found - causing a level of brain damage normally seen in heavy substance abusers. Similar effects have been seen in the brains of people exposed to alcohol‚ cocaine and cannabis. The discovery shows that being hooked on a behaviour can be just as physically damaging as addiction
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My Movie Prozac Nation is based on the book written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and her struggles with depression and drug addiction. Her book Prozac Nation was written during her time at Harvard University while she studied journalism. During this time Wurtzel writes about her battles with being a student‚ severe depression and drug addictions. During Wurtzel’s academic career at Harvard she received The Rolling Stones College Journalism Award. Even though Wurtzel struggled with many demons she was able
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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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by teacher) I define in my own words identity as the thing that determines your personality‚ your thinking style and how your react to certain scenarios. Your identity can change many things about yourself‚ but it can be changed itself. Your identity can be greatly changed by many things such as your experiences‚ gender‚ people you know‚ friends you have met‚ your location and religion‚ and finally your education. I will be talking about how gender can greatly change your identity. In the time when
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This paper will discuss how my sisters’ drug addiction has been an informal learning experience for me and how my life has been effected trying to help her with this addiction. I will discuss how her experience with drugs occurred through classical conditioning by‚ identifying the unconditioned stimulus‚ unconditioned response‚ conditioned stimulus‚ and the conditioned response. I will also explain how her experience occurred through operant conditioning by describing the behavior‚ the consequences
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“Courtesy: It Starts with Me!” Essay Writing Contest Pedrocillo‚ Maria Cecilia S. / AB Journalism / CAS – Irregular Student “How a Simple Gesture of Courtesy Can Change Humanity” Basically‚ Courtesy is simply defined as showing of politeness towards other people. However‚ if you think about it further‚ this word means so much more as it can make huge changes in our lives‚ our nation‚ and the entire humanity. Nowadays‚ it is quite significant that we show kindness to other people‚ not just
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Courtney Lee Kate Reed English 15 September 2001 “Yes We Can” On a cold‚ Chicago night‚ newly elected President Barack Obama warmed the hearts of Americans as he presented his “Election Night Remarks.” He spoke with intended gratitude‚ thanking those who made his victory possible‚ changing the minds of his opposition‚ and marking the start of his term with a sense of hope. His passionate speech evoked patriotism in every person through his use of repetition‚ personal relation‚ and allusions
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In the article “You Can Grown Your Brain”‚ the author makes a clear connection stateing‚ with research‚ that the brain can grow with the right “exercise”. The author elaborates what this exercise might be to his audience. Since the article is mostly informational but simply written‚ it is targeted towards those whom‚ with the authors help‚ wish to improve their own IQ. In the beginning the author says the brain is a muscle‚ intelligence is more complex than labeling someone as smart or dumb. It
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Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Introduction “Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo treatment for substance use disorder‚ also called addiction” (Hart & Ksir‚ 2013‚ p. 409). Drug addiction is a complex brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. It is a condition characterized by an overwhelming and uncontrollable desire or craving to continue taking a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption
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