Quick Look: More Facebook Friends Linked to Bigger Brain Areas

Oct 21, 2011

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Someone should conduct a study about all the studies done around Facebook. Here's another one to add to the list.

Source: Reuters

LONDON | Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:08pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a direct link between the number of "friends" a person has on Facebook and the size of certain brain regions, raising the possibility that using online social networks might change our brains.

— www.reuters.com

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