Friends with benefits

No, not that kind of benefits.

Chatting with pals in a social, friendly way may help you become a better problem solver (by providing a boost to your executive functioning, that’s your cognitive functioning that encompasses your working memory and your ability to suppress distractions), says a study from Social Psychological and Personality Science. But conversations that are competitive in nature? No such benefits.

P.S. Did anyone else used to want to save up their allowance back in the day to buy one of these Best Friends Forever breakaway pendants??

2 Comments October 29, 2010