The article at http://www.tfot.info/news/1094/some-people-never-learn.html[/url] has a sub-title of:
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany have found a genetic factor that affects our ability to learn from our errors. The scientists demonstrated that men carrying the A1 mutation, which reduces the amount of dopamine D2 receptors in the brain, are less successful at learning to avoid mistakes than men who do not carry this genetic mutation. This finding has the potential to improve our understanding of the causes of addictive and compulsive behaviors.
The article says that this A1 mutation "is found in about one-third of the population". Also, it says that:
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According to the German team, the decreased sensitivity to negative consequences of actions as a result of D2 receptor reduction may also explain why the A1 gene variant has previously been linked to addictive and compulsive behaviors. Even so, "It's our strong belief that the variant we investigated here is not the only cause for example of an addiction - but maybe it contributes to a predisposition for developing an addiction," Klein stresses.
This may partially explain why for many people with addictions, they can never seem to be able to successfully moderate their behaviours even after many years of not giving into their addiction behaviours.
- John O.
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WOW, where do you get this stuff?
"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." --W. Clement Stone
I regularly view a News Feed reader list of articles (usually at least one or two hundred per day) from several different sources.A Since I don't have time to read every article, I just scan through these titles for those few that I might find to be of interest and then either just read the introductory page only or even view the entire article.A One of the things that I am on the lookout for is anything to do with video game addiction, both to help myself understand it better and to help other people in OLGA know more about it as well.A In this particular case, however, I did not expect the article to have any video game addiction component but when I saw that it did, I posted the information here. I take it from your quote, John of the Roses, that you enjoyed reading this latest post; if so, I am glad.
- John O.
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Yes John, we're coming closer to understanding each other better.
"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." --W. Clement Stone