2 Feb 2018

Besties brains are alike

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 2 February 2018

Ever feel like your friends just get you? They can be the only ones that understand your strange sense of humour or weird takes on the latest TV show.

A new study suggests it could be because actually best friends think alike, in fact you and your friends brains may be hardwired the same way. 

Carolyn Parkinson, from the University of California, lead the study and says this research could even predict friendships in a group. 

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