Imaging study shows brain responds more to close friends
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 10:00
in Psychology & Sociology
People's brains are more responsive to friends than to strangers, even if the stranger has more in common, according to a study in the Oct. 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers examined a brain region known to be involved in processing social information, and the results suggest that social alliances outweigh shared interests...