Submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to science@mander.xyz
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/07/science-self-sabotaging-destructive-behaviour-addiction-punishment-learning
Knowing nothing about behavioral psychology—it seems like a pretty big reach to go from “intentionally makes suboptimal choices in a video game” to “THIS IS HOW SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS MANIFEST”
woodytrombone@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Knowing nothing about behavioral psychology—it seems like a pretty big reach to go from “intentionally makes suboptimal choices in a video game” to “THIS IS HOW SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS MANIFEST”