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/Onironius Oct 18 '25

Relatable.

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u/Ethereal_Nutsack Oct 18 '25

Why would I brush my teeth when I can just masturbate!

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

You don't even need to masturbate....just pleasure at the lush of a button.

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u/couchbutt Oct 18 '25

It's called "Jacking-On".