The addictive brain Episode 12, Junk food, porn, video games - addictions? Episode 12, Junk food, porn, video games - addictions?

Streaming video - 2015

The course concludes with an exploration of other potentially addictive behaviors. Professor Polk argues that some artificial stimuli - junk food, pornography, and video games to name three - are "supernormal," meaning that they actually activate the brain's reward circuit more strongly than natural stimuli do, leading to some of the same neurological effects as drug use.

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[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2015.
2018.
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English
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (36 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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00:35:14
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