The more friends a person has, the better mental ability.
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Specialists from the world of science have long been interested in the question of whether there is a connection between the development of the human nervous system and its sociability. As you know, a lot of social connections have a positive effect on a person's success in oratory, the ability of a person to maintain conversation, communication skills.
At Oxford University, a group of researchers engaged in an interesting experiment, during which it was found that the number of friends changes the structure of the human brain. In the experiment volunteers took part, the age of which was from 27 to 70 years. Participants of the study were supposed to record all their meetings, conversations, and also new acquaintances for a month. We also took into account telephone conversations, sms, e-mails, etc.
After all the data obtained were analyzed, experts established that there is some connection between the mental capabilities of a person and the number of social connections. Mental abilities were assessed by scanning the brain of subjects. A person who had many friends and acquaintances, has a special structure of the cortical structures. Namely, they activate the area of the front lumbar cortex - the zone that is responsible for understanding man by man. In addition, sociability promotes the development of neural connections in the human brain, which, in turn, contributes to a faster response to the signal in the relevant structure. A lot of social interactions also help a person sort and structure information, make various plans, determine the essence of the general information.
Such a development in the human brain does not provoke its overall increase, nor does it increase overall brain activity, as increasing one area leads to a decrease in the other, in which activity will also be reduced. Therefore, for a large number of friends and communication, you will have to sacrifice any other abilities that the brain will deem less significant.
Studies of this kind have shown that in monkeys that live in a large group, the brain changes in a similar way. Specialists of Oxford University believe that the brain is able to adapt to the lifestyle that leads a person. However, it is not yet possible to speak about this precisely, because everything is possible on the contrary, people with an initially developed "communication" zone are easier to tie new acquaintances and acquire friends.
Small studies of this type can serve as a confirmation of a certain hypothesis, as well as its refutation. In the case of this study, it can be said that the brain is able to adapt to the social environment of a person, thus changing the necessary areas, and it can also be argued that in more sociable people, at birth, similar neural connections were formed at birth.
The human brain has many mysteries and mysteries. Sometimes such studies, in which there are a large number of details, do not give an accurate result, it is difficult to understand what is the cause, and what is the consequence.