2024
How health risk of COVID-19 resurgence may trigger individual tendencies regarding COVID-19-related cyberchondria: Investigating the I-PACE model
Pian W, Chen L, Potenza M, Zheng R, Ma F. How health risk of COVID-19 resurgence may trigger individual tendencies regarding COVID-19-related cyberchondria: Investigating the I-PACE model. Information Processing & Management 2024, 61: 103722. DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2024.103722.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchI-PACEIndividual's tendencyGeneral inhibitory controlI-PACE modelCOVID-19 health risksInhibitory controlModeration analysisDevelopment of cyberchondriaCyberchondriaPotential underlying mechanismsWell-beingBehavioral frameworkUnderlying mechanismsPerceived health risksCravingTendencyIndividualsModeratelyInhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Inhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2024, 11: 64-77. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-024-00272-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderImpaired inhibitory controlInhibitory controlGambling disorderBehavioral addictionsPornography useStudies of inhibitory controlComponents of executive functionStop-signal task performanceStop-signal taskGoal-directed behaviorTransdiagnostic factorExecutive functionIrrelevant responsesGaming disorderMental disordersTask performanceStroopDisordersAddictionHeterogeneous resultsTaskControl constructsNarrative reviewCompulsion
2023
The Psychobiology of Problematic Use of Social Media
Morris R, Moretta T, Potenza M. The Psychobiology of Problematic Use of Social Media. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2023, 10: 65-74. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-023-00261-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPsychobiological mechanismsLate positive potentialPoor inhibitory controlProblematic useAttentional resourcesCue reactivityEmotional regulationAffective regulationInhibitory controlMaladaptive behaviorsAddictive behaviorsInhibitory processesNull findingsSubjective measuresPotential componentsTreatment effortsFuture researchPsychobiologyPositive potentialsGreater allocationSocial mediaFurther researchBiological levelsCuesReward
2022
A Preregistered, Systematic Review Considering Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Neurofeedback for Targeting Affective and Cognitive Processes in Behavioral Addictions
Brandtner A, Antons S, King D, Potenza M, Tang Y, Blycker G, Brand M, Liebherr M. A Preregistered, Systematic Review Considering Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Neurofeedback for Targeting Affective and Cognitive Processes in Behavioral Addictions. Clinical Psychology Science And Practice 2022, 29: 379-392. DOI: 10.1037/cps0000075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMindfulness-based interventionsCognitive biasesInhibitory controlAddictive behaviorsBehavioral addictionsMindfulness-based cognitive therapyCognitive behavioral therapyEmpirical intervention studiesMindfulness-based techniquesMental distressCognitive processesNeurofeedback techniquesCognitive therapyMindfulness interventionBehavioral therapyTherapeutic changePromising interventionNeurofeedbackCore processesResearch evidenceDistressBiasesAddictionIntervention studiesIntervention
2021
How Theoretical Models Can Inspire Advances in Research and Clinical Practice: The Example of Behavioral Addictions
Brand M, Potenza M. How Theoretical Models Can Inspire Advances in Research and Clinical Practice: The Example of Behavioral Addictions. SUCHT - Zeitschrift Für Wissenschaft Und Praxis / Journal Of Addiction Research And Practice 2021, 67: 187-194. DOI: 10.1024/0939-5911/a000721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehavioral addictionsAttentional biasesCognitive distortionsExecutive functioningTheoretical modelInhibitory controlAffective responsesCurrent theoretical modelsDiminished controlSpecific mental disordersConditioning processSpecific stimuliAddictionMental disordersConsiderable mechanismClinical practiceResearchFunctioningScientific studiesStimuliSpecific risk factorsTherapistsBiasesExpectancyDisorders
2020
Neurobiology of cue-reactivity, craving, and inhibitory control in non-substance addictive behaviors
Antons S, Brand M, Potenza MN. Neurobiology of cue-reactivity, craving, and inhibitory control in non-substance addictive behaviors. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2020, 415: 116952. PMID: 32534370, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116952.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-substance addictive behaviorsAddictive behaviorsInhibitory controlPotential neurobiological mechanismsExecutive functioningSalience attributionNeurobiological foundationsSubstance use disordersNeurobiological factorsNeurobiological mechanismsBrain networksLife domainsRewarding behaviorNegative consequencesHabit formationCravingSpecific disordersNeurobiologyNeurochemical pathwaysAddictionFunctional impairmentFuture directionsSexual activityDisordersCues