Brain Response to Close Friends (IMAGE)
Caption
Brain regions that respond to information about friends are shown in orange and overlap a network of regions known to process personally relevant stimuli; regions that respond more to strangers are in blue. Notably, whether the person was perceived to be similar to the participant made no difference in brain response, suggesting that social alliances outweigh common interests.
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Courtesy, with permission: Krienen et al. <I>The Journal of Neuroscience</I> 2010.
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