In an endlessly long winter, many dream of basking in the sun – at least artificial. But let’s be careful: University of Texas psychiatrist Bryon Adinoff has proven that tanning can become a real addiction.
In an endlessly long winter, many dream of basking in the sun – at least artificial. But let’s be careful: University of Texas psychiatrist Bryon Adinoff has proven that tanning can become a real addiction. Using a tomograph, he demonstrated how, after a session, artificial tanning lovers increased blood circulation in those areas of the brain that are involved in the formation of addictions (to drugs, tobacco, gambling). And a fake solarium, in which a filter was placed on ultraviolet rays, had no effect on these parts of the brain …