Lab rats turned out to be similar in behavior to fans of social networks

It's not a pleasant comparison, but a study by scientists found that fan behavior

social media, which is hungry for likes on Facebook and Instagram, is similar to the behavior of laboratory rats looking for food.

An international team of scientists analyzedmore than a million posts on social networks from more than 4,000 users. They found a connection between how often people posted and how often they received likes. In simple terms: people post more on social media if they are liked more often.

Scientists have compared this to the behavior of rats when searchingfood. We're talking about experiments in Skinner's box. It is built on the principle of food reward. In such experiments, rats are taught, for example, to press a button after being exposed to a light or sound signal. For the correct actions, the animal receives food. That is, huskies work for humans in the same way as food rewards for rats.