tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post272276734908276251..comments2024-03-14T23:52:09.893-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Does "Internet Addiction" Really Shrink Your Brain?The Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-73056065294934574432009-12-16T23:00:50.401-08:002009-12-16T23:00:50.401-08:00Yes, I think Paul Thompson's group at UCLA pro...Yes, I think Paul Thompson's group at UCLA probably has the most mature method.Mark Walterfangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-20039152553039617862009-12-15T12:57:07.727-08:002009-12-15T12:57:07.727-08:00This was great for my psychology project on an add...This was great for my psychology project on an addiction--we needed a myth about ours, so thank you for this!Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13045441029595659150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-17488139507162369312009-12-09T14:11:49.158-08:002009-12-09T14:11:49.158-08:00Hi Mark,
Thanks for the info. Is anyone using VBM...Hi Mark,<br /><br />Thanks for the info. Is anyone using VBM in conjunction with flat mapping methods?The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-56661002573619695902009-12-08T01:26:23.188-08:002009-12-08T01:26:23.188-08:00One of the problems with VBM is how it handles reg...One of the problems with VBM is how it handles regions of variable gyrification - this is one of the problems with the cingulate, and its degree of folding. This can cause a major "false positive" in VBM studies, and so areas in the cingulate should be interpreted with caution. Also, the posterior region is probably periventricular, which always makes you think about a misregistration issue. <br /><br />For VBM, I am using FSL-VBM now for its nice non-linear registration, and am always cautious of interpreting regions where 1) there is a high degree of gyral variability and 2) it is close to a major tissue plane.Mark Walterfangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-19756977087451904182009-12-05T11:04:44.980-08:002009-12-05T11:04:44.980-08:00Yeah, I don't know how they got "posterio...Yeah, I don't know how they got "posterior cingulate" from that one...The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-77101381463496899342009-12-05T09:57:43.574-08:002009-12-05T09:57:43.574-08:00Their "posterior cingulate" blob looks m...Their "posterior cingulate" blob looks more like the lateral ventricle to me...Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-53234422823902806782009-11-29T01:12:48.146-08:002009-11-29T01:12:48.146-08:00About whether to call it an 'addiction' --...About whether to call it an 'addiction' -- <br /><br />A few years ago I saw a comment from a mother of an autistic boy. She talked about his perseverating by using an interesting description. She called it 'stuckness.'<br /><br />It seemes quite possible that some people who over-use the internet might not be addictive personalities in other ways. But they might have trouble with 'stuckness' in more parts of their life.<br /><br />Workaholics come to mind. Some of them, anyway. They just can't give up and go home, they work late, they hang on and hang on. Stuckness.<br /><br />Same thing with some people at a party. Whether they arrive early or late, they just can't go home. They still till every single other person is gone. <br /><br />Stuckness, not necessarily addicdtion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-25541929057612849682009-11-28T21:27:55.499-08:002009-11-28T21:27:55.499-08:00Thanks, Anna. I sent you the article.Thanks, Anna. I sent you the article.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-18433259396502246272009-11-28T20:33:34.330-08:002009-11-28T20:33:34.330-08:00Hello,
Thank you for this very interesting post! ...Hello,<br /><br />Thank you for this very interesting post! I am wondering if you would be willing to share this article? I am a graduate student, researching and studying Problematic Internet Usage and am very interested in reading this article to see the methodology used, the literature review the authors used, in addition to seeing other images that may be located in the article. If you would be willing to share, could you please email me at: argosystudent@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks and I hope you have a wonderful day!<br /><br />-AnnaAnnahttp://www.internetmoderation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-79394786490206334552009-11-28T05:52:13.444-08:002009-11-28T05:52:13.444-08:00I think I have to side with Bell on this one. I fa...I think I have to side with Bell on this one. I fail to see how the internet can be seen to be an addictive activity in it's own right (as Bell suggests, the internet isn't an activity). Inserting "internet addiction" into the next DSM would be a bad move in my (admittedly amateur, undergrad) opinion. Surely what people DO on the internet is the important thing to consider, as an artifact of a different disorder, rather than the internet itself being the addiction.Soundwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020775753710647790noreply@blogger.com