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Large, Rich Social Network Linked To Bigger Amygdala Deep In The Brain

December 28, 2010 by

The richer and more varied a person's social network, the bigger their amygdala, a structure deep in the brain that has been linked to size and complexity of social groups in other primate species, said researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US. You can read about their study in the 26 December advance online issue of Nature Neuroscience...

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