Cat videos may be good for your health
Source: CBS News
So you spent your Saturday night watching videos of Nala cat or Henri. Don't feel embarrassed: you might have been doing something good for yourself.
A new study in the journal Computers in Human Behavior surveyed 7,000 people via social media about their viewing of cat videos and how it affects their moods. Thirty-six percent of participants described themselves as a "cat person" and 60 percent said they liked both cats and dogs.
Participants in the study reportedly had fewer negative emotions such as anxiety, sadness and annoyance after watching cat videos, even when they viewed Internet cats at work or while studying. The pleasure they got from watching cat videos seemed to outweigh any guilt they felt about procrastinating.
"Even if they are watching cat videos on YouTube to procrastinate or while they should be working, the emotional pay-off may actually help people take on tough tasks afterward," study author Jessica Gall Myrick, an assistant professor at Indiana University's Media School, said in a press release.
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