Most
of love watching cat videos. We search for them, comment on them and
share them on our social sites. Sometimes we even call our friends
and family over to show them a extremely funny cat video. They come
over and watch it and then tell us 'yes, it is cute but you are
wasting your time watching those'. We wonder if they are right and
cut down or stop watching them. According to a study held by the
journal
Computers in Human Behavior go ahead and watch those videos.
"Even
if they are watching cat videos on YouTube to procrastinate or while
they should be working, the emotional pay-off may
actually help peopletake
on tough tasks afterward," study author Jessica Gall Myrick, an
assistant professor at Indiana University's Media School, said in a
press release.
The
study involved 7,000 people that watched cat videos on a rdegular
basis. The results that came back from the participants said they
felt more upbeat, had more energy and relaxed enough to take those
big tasks ahead of them. They also said that the positive feelings
from there viewing has carried on through the day and they don't have
all negative feelings and anxieties that can build through the course
of a typical day.
"Some
people may think watching online cat videos
isn't
a serious enough topic for academic research, but the fact is that
it's one of the most popular uses of the Internet today,"
Myrick said
in a statement.
"If we want to better understand the effects the Internet may
have on us as individuals and on society, then researchers can't
ignore Internet cats anymore."
isn't
a serious enough topic for academic research, but the fact is that
it's one of the most popular uses of the Internet today,"
Myrick said
in a statement.
"If we want to better understand the effects the Internet may
have on us as individuals and on society, then researchers can't
ignore Internet cats anymore."
Three
years ago researchers in Japan
did a similar survey that showed work-related benefits as well.
That study was more board showing that watching any cute animal
videos can be beneficial and boost productivity.
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