Just Say No? Facebook Has Similar Effect on Your Brain as Cocaine

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A new brain scan study has come up the surprising result that our brains are affected by Facebook in a way similar to the effect of highly addictive drugs, such as cocaine.

The study, conducted by Professor Ofir Turel of California State University, Fullerton, who has been working for several years on the possible negative effects of technology on our lives, monitored the brains of twenty people as they viewed images relating to the social media giant.