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    communications can enhance the brain’s ability to process information. Addiction symptoms Nada Kakabadse‚ a Professor at the Northampton Business School‚ said: "Your judgement is impaired. Equally your decision making processes are impaired. "It’s like losing your spatial judgement‚ so instead of walking through the door you walk into it. You’re more prone to have a car accident if you drive." Prof Kakabadse added: "It’s addiction to portable technology‚ which you take with you practically to bed

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    Habits that Turn into Addictions Draft #3: Internet Addiction Allanah Reilly October 3‚ 2013 One giant network combined with smaller networks; that is what we call the internet. The internet hasn’t been around for a long time but billions of people are on it throughout the day. Why are so many people on the web? My answer to this would be because businesses all around the world use it for communicating and accessing information from their own company or others. People use the internet to

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    Computer Games Addiction

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    effects of playing online game (MMORPG) to the academic performance and behavior of I.T students . Online gaming is an activity that is fought in the world as children and youth spend hours doing such routine. In fact‚ same victims suffer from addiction; the habit of online gaming was quadrupled when it became integrated with the Internet: resulting the concept of online gaming. In online gaming‚ user use the Internet to connect with other players in the world and then play the same game‚ which

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    Cell Phone Addiction

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    watched their sons and daughters show signs of depression and apprehensiveness when they are unable to locate their phone. Many teenagers encounter additional problems at their school‚ at their work‚ or at home.Excessive cell phone usage can lead to addiction‚ especially in teens‚ as well as time wasted on compulsive communication with peers via text messages and phone calls.Talking or sending SMS text messages on a cell phone while driving is proven to be as dangerous as driving under the influence of

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    being a workaholic they gain personal achievements and finical worth. They do not focus on their emotional and physical wellness. These people tend to work most of their lives to gain what they need. Most times workaholics can be categorized as an addiction. These people can get addicted to working in a couple of ways. Such as‚ they can get addicted to the time aspect of it. They always have to be doing something and stay productive with their time. These people think that relaxation is a waste of time

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    Computer Game Addiction

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    Foreign Literature On Computer Game Addiction Foreign Literature: Lepper‚ M. R. & Gurtner‚ J (2000)‚ states that prolonged and excessive use of these games can cause‚ mainly upon children‚ a number of physical and psychological problems which may include obsessive‚ addictive behaviour‚ dehumanization of the player‚ desensitizing of feelings‚ personality changes‚ hyperactivity learning disorders‚ premature maturing of children‚ psychomotor disorders‚ health problems (due to lack of exercise

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    of the end of Michael Jackson’s life in his novel he recounts the major events towards the end of his career including; his 2005 child molestation trials‚ early allegations of child abuse‚ the mystery behind the mother of his child Blanket‚ his addiction to pain medications‚ his many illnesses and what really lead to the death of Michael Jackson. Halperin claims that he believes that the immense amount of greed from the people around Jackson lead to his death. In particular their high demand to force

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    Addiction to Junk Food.

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    Addiction to Junk Food Everyday‚ millions of people consume the so-called addictive "junk food.”  Most of the people who do not have time‚ or find it affortable eat in fast food restourants such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ and many others. Junk food is addictive because of many reasons such as saving time. The junk food can be clasified in few categories - snacks‚ fast food‚ and soft drinks. First come the snacks‚ which are being brought everyday by millions of people who are not conserned about

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    Changes In Addiction Studies Roxanne Elkassis CM 107-24 College Composition Although people have been using and abusing substances for as long as these substances have existed‚ the study of of addictions with the exception of alcoholism did not really emerge until the 1960’s-1970’s. Through out the last decade multiple changes to how addiction is viewed have occurred. Due to advances in the medical field and a better understanding of the chemistry of the brain addiction is now viewed as a disease

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    When we first received the handout about the addiction simulation‚ I thought‚ “hey this will be easy”. But‚ I was wrong. Two of the main things that I learned through this lesson are- (1) how time consuming and addiction is‚ and (2) how dedicated a person has to be in order to “get their fix”. Since I do not like putting things off‚ I decided to start the experience immediately. So after class that morning I went on a hunt to find some “Esykube’! Luckily I always bring my own water bottle

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