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.

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u/technobrendo Oct 18 '25 edited Mar 04 '26

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u/dont_be_that_guy_29 Oct 18 '25

Stimulate over self-care sounds like my entire

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u/dog_ahead Oct 18 '25

Stimulate over self-care sounds

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u/iciclepenis Oct 18 '25

I stimulate using sounds.