Posted on 11/05/2023 5:55:45 AM PST by devane617
I did some of this research myself. In my lab, we conducted a study with 1,880 subjects. They completed a standard survey to measure their sense of well-being, which captures the feeling of being happy, safe, calm, content, in-control, and grateful. Then, they spent 5 minutes in one of three conditions: reading popular funny tweets, reading Donald Trump's Twitter feed, or reading tweets with cute pictures of dogs. Then, they took the well-being survey again so we could measure the change. All three conditions saw changes in well-being, but dog pictures delivered the biggest positive difference.
We found that well-being significantly declined after reading Trump's tweets—and this was true both for people who supported Trump and those who did not. Though this was not the focus of the study, it was likely because his tweets turned subjects' focus to upsetting issues. If you supported Trump, you were mad at the things he was mad about and if you didn't support him, you were upset by his statements. In the other two conditions, well-being increased, but it went up significantly more after the dog condition. Dog pictures were the most powerful option for getting a quick well-being boost.
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Indeed - there’s something very comforting about t!tt!es...
I think about the Elephant Memory when forced to....My question...How many things does an elephant have to remember??
LOL, as if the results would be different with any other political/news items vs cute puppies.
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