Christian Laier

TL;DR: Although the hypotheses regarding the mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders, summarized in the I-PACE model, must be further tested empirically, implications for treatment interventions are suggested.

TL;DR: Results from functional neuroimaging and other neuropsychological studies demonstrate that cue-reactivity, craving, and decision making are important concepts for understanding Internet addiction.

TL;DR: The model shows that individuals with high coping skills and no expectancies that the Internet can be used to increase positive or reduce negative mood are less likely to engage in problematic Internet use, even when other personality or psychological vulnerabilities are present.

TL;DR: Results indicate that self-reported problems in daily life linked to online sexual activities were predicted by subjective sexual arousal ratings of the pornographic material, global severity of psychological symptoms, and the number of sex applications used when being on Internet sex sites in dailylife, while the time spent on Internet sexual sites did not significantly contribute to explanation of variance in IATsex score.

TL;DR: The review of available neuroscientific literature on Internet pornography addiction leads to the conclusion that Internet pornography Addiction fits into the addiction framework and shares similar basic mechanisms with substance addiction.