Social Network Size Linked With Brain Region Size, Connectivity: Study

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Social Network Size Linked With Brain Region Size, Connectivity: Study

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/17/social-network-brain-size-connectivity_n_4262665.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YWAIeevj3nDse7Jt6pA42w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/Social_Network_Size_Linked_With-3abeeec27d16227b60af9b662a44a2fb" width="130" height="86" alt="Social Network Size Linked With Brain Region Size, Connectivity: Study" align="left" title="Social Network Size Linked With Brain Region Size, Connectivity: Study" border="0" /></a>The more friends you have, the bigger certain regions of your brain may be, a small new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Oxford found that people who have wider social networks may also have greater grey matter in certain regions of the brain, as well as increased connectivity between brain regions. Brain regions that seem to be especially affected by this include the anterior cingulate cortex and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.</p><br clear="all"/>

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