People visit social networking sites like Facebook for reasons including the positive emotional experience they enjoy and want to repeat, a new study has claimed.
People visit social networking sites like Facebook for reasons including the positive emotional experience they enjoy and want to repeat, a new study has claimed.u00a0
Measurements of physical and psychological responses such as breathing rate, brain activation, and pupil dilation, designed to assess a person's psychophysiological state were collected by researchers from IULM University, Catholic University of Sacro Cuore, in Milan, Italy, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.u00a0
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The responses were collected in a group of individuals participating in either a relaxing or stressful task or being online on their own personal Facebook account.u00a0
The results of the study revealed a significantly different experience for stress or relaxation exposure compared to the response to Facebook.u00a0
The study has been published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
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