This week on Insight, is “The Dating Gamble.”
Online dating 30 years on, is it still worth the gamble?
Anastasia Hronis, a clinical psychologist and academic at the University of Technology Sydney, has researched addiction and dating apps.
She says that, while many people have positive experiences with dating apps, some users can develop an unhealthy relationship with them.
Her research found that dating apps have design features that reproduce the psychologically addictive aspects of gambling.
“Dopamine is activated when something feels good. But it’s also activated in the pursuit of something feeling good,” Anastasia said.
8:30pm Tuesday on SBS.
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