Facebook is the cognitive mirror of humanity
An interesting study was conducted at University College London. Project author Jerant Rees claims that the number of friends on Facebook correlates with the size of certain parts of the brain.
These areas are associated with the memory of faces and names, as well as with the interpretation of non-verbal signals (facial expressions, attitudes, body movements).
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The study used the method of functional magnetic resonance imaging. 125 students' brains were examined and a comparative analysis of its various areas was conducted with the number of friends in Facebook and in real life.
In the most active Facebook users, the temporal mean gyrus, entorhinal area of the cortex, the temporal upper furrow, and the amygdala were enlarged. And in people who are sociable in real life, other proportions have been revealed: the amygdala is also enlarged, but all the other parts are the same as those of less sociable students.
What comes first - the size of brain regions or the number of friends in social networks? There is no answer yet. However, we understand that a large number of friends in social networks still does not speak about the real sociability of a person.
The research results are published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
These are the British scientists here.
These areas are associated with the memory of faces and names, as well as with the interpretation of non-verbal signals (facial expressions, attitudes, body movements).
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The study used the method of functional magnetic resonance imaging. 125 students' brains were examined and a comparative analysis of its various areas was conducted with the number of friends in Facebook and in real life.
In the most active Facebook users, the temporal mean gyrus, entorhinal area of the cortex, the temporal upper furrow, and the amygdala were enlarged. And in people who are sociable in real life, other proportions have been revealed: the amygdala is also enlarged, but all the other parts are the same as those of less sociable students.
What comes first - the size of brain regions or the number of friends in social networks? There is no answer yet. However, we understand that a large number of friends in social networks still does not speak about the real sociability of a person.
The research results are published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
These are the British scientists here.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/130781/
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