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    Game Addiction

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    De La Salle University – Dasmariñas College of Science and Computer Studies Computer Science Department Game Addiction Submitted to: Ms. Gina Tan-Sanfilip Submitted by: Chelsea Ann Montilla Brandon Kyle Davey Ricci Zerrudo Julian Robert July 15‚ 2013 CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction In recent years‚ several studies have demonstrated that at least a small group of gamers has trouble controlling their online video game playing. Excessive amounts of time

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    Marijuana Addiction

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    Marijuana addiction has clear signs and indicators and this page will discuss this in depth. Marijuana addiction is simply an uncontrollable urge to possess and use the drug. Those with marijuana addiction are not able to stop using the drug even if they wish. Often a person with marijuana addiction will make continuous excuses about why now is not a good time to stop using the drug. Such people are not alone. Marijuana addiction is a disease that affects millions of people every year. There is

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    Technological Addiction

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    Articles The Internet’s Effect on Relationships: Detrimental or Beneficial The ’Net indeed plays a convincing role as a surrogate reality for those who become addicted to it. Not only can its users use electronic mail (e-mail)‚ a method of instantly contacting anyone across the world who has an e-mail address‚ but users can also play interactive multiplayer games from text-based to graphical with other users‚ browse the World Wide Web to get information on anything they wish‚ download software

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    Gambling Addiction

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    Introduction Gambling is deeply rooted in American culture (Findlay‚ 1986). In precolonial times‚ the proceeds from lotteries authorized by the ruling English monarchy were used to subsidize explorations to‚ and settlements within‚ the New World (Ezell‚ 1960). As colonial America matured‚ government and private lotteries‚ as well as social gambling‚ were common. The colonial era of gambling ended with the spread of Jacksonian morality‚ aided by numerous well-publicized scandals. Civil War reconstruction

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    drug addiction

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    Addiction drug addiction and drug abuse drug addiction and drug abuse‚ chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Traditional definitions of addiction‚ with their criteria of physical dependence and withdrawal (and often an underlying tenor of depravity and sin) have been modified with increased understanding; with the introduction of new drugs‚ such as cocaine‚ that are psychologically or neuropsychologically addicting;

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    Motivation and the Brain

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    Guadalupe M. Ignacio Motivation and the Brain To Quit Drinking Alcohol or Using other Drugs May 31‚ 2013 Bindhu Davis‚ PhD. Course Instructor University of Phoenix‚ San Diego Thursdays @ 6-10 pm Motivation and the Brain “Intrinsic motivation comes from the feeling itself that is caused by doing something.” (Decker’s‚ 2010‚ pp. 254-259).This motivation is not affected by any external rewards but more likely

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    Mirrors in the Brain On a 1991 hot summer day in Parma‚ Italy‚ a lab monkey awaited its researchers’ return from lunch. The researchers had implanted wires next to its motor cortex‚ in a frontal lobe brain region that enabled the monkey to plan and enact movements. The monitoring device would alert the researchers to activity in that region of the monkey’s brain. When the monkey moved a peanut into its mouth‚ for example‚ the device would buzz. That day‚ as one of the researchers entered the lab

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    Cybersex Addiction

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    CYBERSEX ADDICTION By: Joanne Petrie Darlene Grippo-Sowa PSY/210 Axia College 6/24/11 Cybersex Addiction J Petrie Internet Sex Addiction Internet has provided people with a huge number of benefits- which include increased knowledge data bases‚ reductions in communication barriers‚ and a much more pronoun wide reach around the globe internationally and locally

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    Left Brain, Right Brain

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    Left Brain‚ right Brain By Jeannette Diaz Martin Arredondo English 101 D066 SUM 13 09/16/2013 Right Brain‚ Left Brain Introduction Left Brain‚ Right Brain research http://spdsupport.org/articles/19-learning-styles-both-hemispheres.shtml The differences between left and right Brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function 1. Lateralization of brain function Comparing Right Brain and Left Brain A. http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyth6.htm 1. Two parts of the brain

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    Brain Dissection Aim: the aim is to dissect the brain and identify all the different parts of it. Equipment: a semi –frozen sheep’s brain‚ dissecting board‚ dissecting instruments (scalpel‚ forceps‚ scissors)‚ plastic ruler‚ paper towel and gloves. Method: * We placed the brain so that the cerebral hemispheres are at the top of the board and the brain stem is at the bottom. * My group identified the external features of the brain: the cerebral hemispheres‚ cerebellum and brain stem.

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