Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study. Our brains use basic 'building ...

All of us have heard guidelines about how to be physically healthy—eat well, exercise, wash your hands, get plenty of rest. But how many of us have thought seriously about our social lives—the ...

There are different perspectives on how many areas of self-care contribute to a happy, healthy life. But in some way, shape, ...

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Humans have always used social networks to solve problems of survival. Yet, social media today are used for different purposes. Complex Social Sharing in Simple Societies The basic economic unit of ...

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Loneliness has dramatically increased over the past several decades, is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is a particularly pressing problem in individualistic societies—right? Although ...