Child's play
Paraphilic infantilism is a rare sexual paraphilia where individuals typically get sexually aroused from being a baby (and is commonly referred to as ‘adult baby syndrome’). Some websites claim that...
View ArticleCarry on screening
Gaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in the number of scientific studies examining various aspects of video...
View ArticleBitter sweet? A brief look at addiction to Candy Crush
Bitter sweet? A brief look at addiction to Candy Crush
View ArticleGoodness of fit?
In a fairly recent review of 11 different addictive behaviours – that I co-wrote with Dr Steve Sussman and Nadra Lisha (University of Southern California) – we estimated the prevalence of exercise...
View ArticleNetwork drive
Back in 1995, I published a paper entitled ‘Technological Addictions' that (as far as I am aware) was the first ever paper published using the term to encompass a wide range of activities that involved...
View ArticleCompelling evidence
In 1980, pathological gambling was for the first time recognized as a mental disorder in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association) under the...
View ArticleThe real heel meal deal
What is the relationship between exercise addiction and eating disorders?
View ArticleScreen play thoughts: A speculative look at trends in video game addiction
Gaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in the number of scientific studies examining various aspects of video...
View ArticleSlots of fun (revisited)
Over the last year I have been interviewed a number of times by the British media about whether virtual roulette machines – a type of slot machine known by us in the gambling studies field as ‘fixed...
View ArticleTurn on the eater
Earlier today in Germany, a 55-year-old man confessed to killing a 59-year old man from Hanover who – according to Dresden police chief Dieter Kroll – had "since his youth fantasized about being...
View ArticleLevel headed
Recent empirical research studies suggest that children and adolescents access online gambling activities using digital devices such as personal computers, laptops, smartphones, and other portable...
View ArticleWord mentality
“Sixty-four million people do it at least once a week. Nabokov wrote about it. Bill Clinton even did it in the White House” (Marc Romano, 2005).
View ArticleUnwrapped: Psychology of Christmas
Given the religious and cultural significance of Christmas is it surprising that so little psychological research has been carried out into what it means for people in contemporary society and its...
View ArticleSurvival of the fetish
According to Dr. Martin Kafka in a 2010 issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavio r, partialism refers to “a sexual interest with an exclusive focus of a specific part of the body” and occurs in both...
View ArticleDon't Blame Call Of Duty For Teenage Suicide
Don't Blame Call Of Duty For Teenage Suicide
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