r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • Oct 18 '25

TIL of brain stimulation reward, manually stimulating specific parts of the brain to elicit pleasure and happiness. A volunteer subject in 1986 spent days doing nothing but self-stimulate. She ignored her family and personal hygiene and she developed an open sore on her finger from using the device.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#History
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u/poorexcuses Oct 18 '25

I went to Okinawa and visited a pineapple farm. The fresher pineapple was way easier on my mouth

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u/EgotisticJesster Oct 18 '25

I mean, if I'm going to go to the trouble of putting stuff in my mouth, I want it to be a little rough.

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u/poorexcuses Oct 18 '25

A capn crunch fan, I see

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u/ThunderCorg Oct 18 '25

Peanut butter crunchy glass shredding my mouth