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#6: The Science of Friendships - Science Journalist Lydia Denworth

Health Psychology and Human Nature

English - February 25, 2020 09:00 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Friends. Friendships are essential and more important than we think. In today's episode Science Journalist Lydia explains how friendships affect our brainwaves, genomes, cardiovascular system, immune system, longevity and a lot more. It is also very important in evolutionary terms; it increase how long we live and the health of our offspring. To learn more, check out her new book Friendship: The evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life’s fundamental bond.

Lydia Denworth is a contributing editor at Scientific American. Her work has also appeared in the Atlantic, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek and many other publications. 

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