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== The faded compulsions due to experience ==   

== The faded compulsions due to experience ==   

The [[experience]] can both change the emotional patterns and shape the brain. People suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder can be treated with either the standard drug treatment or with [[behavioral therapy]]. The remarkable finding is that the latter one can gradually, through months of sessions involving experience in form of the systematic exposion to the object of obsession or compulsion without performing it, significantly decrease the activity of a key part of the emotional brain. The experience can change brain function and relieve symptoms as effectively as the medication.<ref name="EmoInt">{{cite book |title=Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ |author=Daniel Goleman |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1996 |pages=257–8 |isbn=978-05538-40070 |url=http://books.google.no/books?id=OgXxhmGiRB0C |quote=Note:URL is for later edition}}</ref>

The [[experience]] can both change the emotional patterns and shape the brain. People suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder can be treated with either the standard drug treatment or with [[behavioral therapy]]. The remarkable finding is that the latter one can gradually, through months of sessions involving experience in form of the systematic exposition to the object of obsession or compulsion without performing it, significantly decrease the activity of a key part of the emotional brain. The experience can change brain function and relieve symptoms as effectively as the medication.<ref name="EmoInt">{{cite book |title=Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ |author=Daniel Goleman |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1996 |pages=257–8 |isbn=978-05538-40070 |url=http://books.google.no/books?id=OgXxhmGiRB0C |quote=Note:URL is for later edition}}</ref>

== OCD and Pornography ==

== OCD and Pornography ==