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Health Matters: Brain Size Correlates to Facebook Friends

In today's health matters, the number of Facebook friends you have may be because of your brain.

British researchers scanned the brains of 125 college Facebook users.

Scientists compared their brain size with the amount of 'friends' on Facebook and in the real world each person had.

The team found people with the most 'friends', had larger areas of the brain used in memory and emotional response.


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