You can not get off the couch

It's almost impossible not to get caught up in the drama, but is it the quality of the story or the appeal of the characters that make a television series something addictive or difficult to resist ?, what is its effect on brain and in our body?
 

Beyond the scenes of violence and sex, graphics and special effects, what makes the TV series so addictive is the movement of the scenes. In accordance with Robert Kubey, psychologist and journalism professor at Rutgers University, a Healthland, we are biologically designed to pay attention to the Fast movements , what is known as reflection oriented.

This phenomenon is activated when in a scene they change quickly from one painting to another (for example in a fight) and we become more involved with what happens, to the point that it is physically difficult to look the other way.

 

You can not get off the couch
 

For Rubén Baler, health scientist of the Office of Scientific Policies of NIDA, the addiction is a disease that progresses in stages. In the first, people consume or look for something that generates euphoria, later this situation becomes a necessity that ends in chronic disease.

The more control a director obtains over a scene, the more addictive and potentially difficult to avoid seeing, according to research published in Projections

Realized by researchers of the Princeton University , the study compared functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brains of viewers who watched scenes from the movie the good, the bad and the ugly and the comedy of TV The Larry show.

The more a director controls the observer's attention in a scene, the more involved the audience becomes.

Now, when you sit down to observe your favorite TV series, you will know that not only the drama is the cause of your addiction but every scene in this story. Remember that your health is in your hands, and that it is good to limit your hours of TV. Beware!
 


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