<p>When you think of things to do to improve your self-esteem or self-image, you probably don't think about heading to Facebook. It might actually be the last place you think of, given that a percentage of people leave Facebook because of the negativity on the social network.</p><p>But a study out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that looking at your Facebook profile for five minutes can provide a significant boost in self-esteem.</p><p>"Most have a very large audience of friends and they selectively present the best version of self, but they do so in an accurate manner," Catalina Toma, an assistant professor of communication arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison who led the study, told ABC News. "We had people look at their own profiles for five minutes and found that they experienced a boost in self-esteem in a deep, unconscious level."</p><p>Toma had a group of participants look at their Facebook profiles and then take the Implicit Association Test, which measures how fast people associate positive or negative adjectives with words such as me, my, I and myself. After studying their profile and photos, the group was more inclined to associate themselves with positive and flattering words.</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/feeling-facebook-profile-minutes/story?id=19299583">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://earthsky.org/science-wire/facebook-profiles-raise-users-self-esteem-and-affect-behavior">Facebook profiles raise users&#039; self-esteem and affect behavior</a> (EarthSky)</p><p><a href="http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4569-facebook-self-esteem-boost.html">Need a Self-Esteem Boost? Join Facebook</a> (BusinessNewsDaily)</p><p><a href="http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2013/05/view-your-facebook-profile-get-boost">View your Facebook profile, get a boost</a> (ECNmag.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d82br82vxyBC79MKFG_0YoQP_Yi5M&ned=us">13 additional articles.</a></p>