Similar neural responses predict friendship

Human social networks are overwhelmingly homophilous: individuals tend to befriend others who are similar to them in terms of a range of physical attributes (e.g., age, gender). Do similarities among friends reflect deeper similarities in how we perceive, interpret, and respond to the world? To test...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 332 - 14
Main Authors:	Parkinson, Carolyn, Kleinbaum, Adam M., Wheatley, Thalia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 30-01-2018 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	59/36 631/378/2645 631/378/2649 631/477/2811 Adolescent Adult Analogies Brain - anatomy & histology Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - physiology Female Friends - psychology Friendship Functional magnetic resonance imaging Human behavior Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Interpersonal Relations Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sensory integration Similarity Social Networking Social networks Social organization Viewing
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