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Five Ways Your Facebook Habit Actually Changes Your Brain

Aside from changing how you feel after seeing all your Facebook "friends'" real opinions.

Like your body, your brain adapts to the tasks it does most often. Here’s how your brain will change if those tasks are mostly social media use. Maybe some day they’ll figure out how to change our brains to not hate every new Facebook layout update.

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Dan Van Winkle (he) is an editor and manager who has been working in digital media since 2013, first at now-defunct Geekosystem (RIP), and then at The Mary Sue starting in 2014, specializing in gaming, science, and technology. Outside of his professional experience, he has been active in video game modding and development as a hobby for many years. He lives in North Carolina with Lisa Brown (his wife) and Liz Lemon (their dog), both of whom are the best, and you will regret challenging him at Smash Bros.

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