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I was pretty skeptical from the original article, since it totally seemed like correlation. But the study looked at directionality, that inflammation one week r
by kens 3y ago
I was pretty skeptical from the original article, since it totally seemed like correlation. But the study looked at directionality, that inflammation one week results in more social media the next week. The paper also describes other research that producing inflammation increases social interaction, so this study isn't just a random thing. My conclusion is that this study is legit. The one important thing that I didn't get from the summary is the size of the effect.
Here's a link to the paper (partially paywalled): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159123001289 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S08891...
- cheald 3y agoI'll bet that if you looked at calorie intake, you'd find a similar pattern. I'd be willing to bet that it's not because the person is eating more to heal their body (at least in the first world, where we have to work to avoid caloric surplus, and where much of our diet is inflammatory), but because the brain seeks dopamine when you're under stress or uncomfortable. To put it another way: it's not that inflammation causes social media use, but that stress causes pleasure cravings.