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Socially isolated people have differently wired brains and poorer cognition
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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 226602" data-attributes="member: 843"><p>Social interaction is hugely important. One study found that the size of <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2011.2574" target="_blank">our social group</a> is actually associated with the volume of the orbitofrontal cortex (involved in social cognition and emotion).</p><p></p><p>But how many friends do we need? Researchers often refer to “Dunbar’s number” to describe the size of social groups, finding that we are not able to maintain more than 150 relationships and <a href="http://etherplan.com/neocortex-size-as-a-constraint-on-group-size-in-primates.pdf" target="_blank">only typically manage five close relationships</a>. However, there are some reports which suggest a lack of empirical evidence surrounding Dunbar’s number and further research into the optimal <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0158#:%7E:text=%27Dunbar%27s%20number%27%20is%20the%20notion,other%20individuals%20in%20the%20group" target="_blank">size of social groups</a> is required.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to argue with the fact that humans are social animals and gain enjoyment from connecting with others, whatever age we are. But, as we are increasingly uncovering, it also crucial for the health of our cognition.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://theconversation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/theconversation.com/amp/socially-isolated-people-have-differently-wired-brains-and-poorer-cognition-new-research-185150?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16559244727833&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fsocially-isolated-people-have-differently-wired-brains-and-poorer-cognition-new-research-185150[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 226602, member: 843"] Social interaction is hugely important. One study found that the size of [URL='https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2011.2574']our social group[/URL] is actually associated with the volume of the orbitofrontal cortex (involved in social cognition and emotion). But how many friends do we need? Researchers often refer to “Dunbar’s number” to describe the size of social groups, finding that we are not able to maintain more than 150 relationships and [URL='http://etherplan.com/neocortex-size-as-a-constraint-on-group-size-in-primates.pdf']only typically manage five close relationships[/URL]. However, there are some reports which suggest a lack of empirical evidence surrounding Dunbar’s number and further research into the optimal [URL='https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0158#:%7E:text=%27Dunbar%27s%20number%27%20is%20the%20notion,other%20individuals%20in%20the%20group']size of social groups[/URL] is required. It is hard to argue with the fact that humans are social animals and gain enjoyment from connecting with others, whatever age we are. But, as we are increasingly uncovering, it also crucial for the health of our cognition. [URL unfurl="true"]https://theconversation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/theconversation.com/amp/socially-isolated-people-have-differently-wired-brains-and-poorer-cognition-new-research-185150?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16559244727833&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fsocially-isolated-people-have-differently-wired-brains-and-poorer-cognition-new-research-185150[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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