![]() So I was very buffeted day in day out by other people’s emotions and ups and downs. I was right at that moment sort of wedged in between a parent with Alzheimer’s disease and teenagers. I sat there at this meeting listening to them talking about all these elements of social behavior and what it does in the brain. I went to a meeting about social neuroscience, which is a sort of newer field within neuroscience, that is about mapping connections in and outside of the brain, this kind of web of connections that we have with other people. What neuroscience is mainly interested in these days is mapping connections in the brain and inside the brain. ![]() As a science writer I mostly cover the brain. The Open Mind explores the world of ideas across politics, media, science, technology, and the arts. The American Prospect is republishing this excerpt.Īlexander Heffner: We need more friends in our lives today in this digital environment. ![]() ![]() Lifelong friends catch up with each other while eating at Outback Steakhouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, January 2020. ![]()
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