Friends with cognitive benefits: Mental function improves after certain kinds of socializing

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 14:00 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Talking with other people in a friendly way can make it easier to solve common problems, a new University of Michigan study shows. But conversations that are competitive in tone, rather than cooperative, have no cognitive benefits.

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