Study ties brain structure size to socializing

NEW YORK (AFP) - If you spend some time with a lot of friends, may be part of the brain to be much help towards the unusual.

This is called the amygdala (cf. Jn. MIG '- duh - the board), and it's deep in the brain. The researchers found that among volunteers who got on the brain scan, and those that have a larger amygdala tend to report seeing more parents and friends on a regular basis.

Lisa Feldman Barrett of the University of Northeastern work reports in a paper published online Sunday by the journal Nature Neuroscience. According to the logical result because the amygdala in the center of a network of the brain that is important for socialization.

The study could not show whether greater amygdala lead to more friends, or vice versa. Barrett says the effect may run in both directions.