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Study: Facebook like sex?

Posted at 2:38 PM, Jun 25, 2012
and last updated 2012-06-25 14:38:24-04

Could Facebook be like sex?

Harvard University researchers have been studying the brains of Facebook users.

They find that the reward people get when someone reads, likes, or comments on something they posted is similar to the pleasure response people get from food or sex.

They say it's because people like to reveal things about themselves.