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·July 14, 2021·3 min read

Empathy May Drive Rats and Other Mammals to Help Friends Over Strangers

When a rat helps another within its social group, brain areas associated with reward and motivation become more active. This does not occur when a rat is faced with the prospect of helping another rat outside its social group. Researchers say the findings may provide a better understanding of similar social biases in humans.

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·July 10, 2021·5 min read

The Neuroscience Behind Why Your Brain May Need Time to Adjust to ‘Un-Social Distancing’

Over 50% of people surveyed reporting they feel uneasy about returning to in-person interactions, regardless of vaccination status, following covid lockdowns. Researchers share their thoughts on how social isolation and resocialization could impact the brain.

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·July 1, 2021·5 min read

Gut Microbiome Affects a Specific Set of Neurons Responsible For Proper Social Function

Researchers identified the gut bacteria E. faecalis as a mediator of social behavior and corticosterone levels in mice.

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·June 12, 2021·4 min read

Identity Fusion: Why Some People Will Go to Extremes for the Beliefs of a Group

Researchers explore why some people will ignore their personal beliefs and go along with the more extreme beliefs of a crowd. They report acting against personal beliefs and adopting a fused identity becomes an attractive solution, especially if the reward is great.

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·June 10, 2021·5 min read

What Happens in the Brain When People Make Music Together?

A new study reveals what goes on in the brain when a person embarks on a musical collaboration project.

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·June 6, 2021·3 min read

Social Identity Within the Anti-Vaccine Movement

A new study reveals up to 22% of Americans are self-identified anti-vaxxers and embrace the label as a form of social identity.

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·June 6, 2021·4 min read

Functional Brain Network Predicts Real-Life Social Network in Both Individuals With Schizophrenia and Social Anhedonia

Patients with schizophrenia, but not those with social anhedonia, exhibited deficits in real-life social network size. Those with schizophrenia and those with social anhedonia had reversals functional connectivity to one another. People with schizophrenia showed decreased segregation and functional connectivity in brain areas associated with social behaviors, while those with social anhedonia had an increase in connectivity and segregation.

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·June 6, 2021·4 min read

Training the Brain to Recognize Voices

Due to social restrictions following the COVID lockdowns, people may need to brush up on their social skills of concentrating on conversations. A new study reveals people can train themselves to do this on their own.

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·June 2, 2021·3 min read

Understanding Feelings: When Less Is More

Study reveals a paradoxical relationship between the intensity of emotional expression and how the emotional output is perceived by others.

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·June 2, 2021·4 min read

Autistic People Find It Harder to Identify Anger in Facial Expressions

People on the autism spectrum have difficulties in identifying angry expressions produced at normal speed and intensity.

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·May 30, 2021·4 min read

Sometimes, Even 3-Year-Olds Just Want to Fit In With the Group

By the age of three, children are more likely to go along with what peers say in order to follow the crowd, rather than acting out of a desire to follow authority.