Study Finds Sleep Deprivation Increases Compulsive Facebook Usage (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A study at UC Irvine has taken a reverse approach to the customary interest in the relationship between technology and tiredness, finding that people who make themselves tired through excessive use of social media such as Facebook are considerably more likely to continue compulsive use of it and deepen their exhaustion. Lead researcher Gloria Mark says "If you're being distracted, what do you do? You go to Facebook. It's lightweight, it's easy, and you're tired."

Comments

Re:what?

[someone1234]

I guess, it is when you sleep at the desk, face down on a book.

Re:In other words

[zifn4b]

It's a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

You actually just described the human brain...