Study Finds Our Brains are Obsessed with Being Social
(WorldNews Environment)

Our brains are obsessed with being social even when we are not in social situations, according to a new study. The new research demonstrates how our brains consolidate new social information during rest, according to a researcher at Dartmouth College. Published in Cerebral Cortex, the study shows how two regions of the brain experience increased connectivity during rest after encoding new social information, said lead author Dr. Meghan L. Meyer, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, and director of the Dartmouth Social Neuroscience Lab. The study examines the role...