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Researchers: Social media gives pleasure

1:07 PM, May 10, 2012   |    comments
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UNDATED (CNN) - Ever wonder why some people feel the need to post everything that happens to them on social media sites, like Twitter or Facebook?

Harvard researchers might have an explanation: it makes them feel good! They found when people share information about themselves, it activates a sensation of pleasure in the brain. 

Researchers say it's the same pleasure people get when having sex, just to a different degree.