NSAS Idea Suggestion #13 - The Science Behind Friendships
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Ah friendship. All the drunken nights and awkward pictures. But friendships encompas much more than funny and happy memories. They go deeper, and not just in a philosophical way. Current research has indicated that friendships may be influenced by similar real time neuronal responses. So, apart from superficial similarities (size, gener, age, etc.) it seems that we tend to be friends with people whose brainse literally work similarly when compared to others.
For this post you should explore the concept of friendship. This topic will be for people who like to work at the interface of psychology, sociology, philosophy and science. Due to the immense amount of material you could look at this will end up being a long post.
Here is a proposed structure:
- Share a story you had with a good friend as the intro
- What is friendship (philosophical, cultural analysis)? Is there a history to friendship?
- How do friendships differ between cultures? Are there similarities? If so, may they be linked to evolutionary advantages?
- How do friendships form? And why?
- Neuroscience behind friendships and how it relates to psychology
- Conclusion trying to link it all together
- End with positive statement about friendships
I realize that there is so much you could write about friendship. Thus, it is also possible to take parts of this proposed structure as individual topics. There shoule be enough material to write about the history of friendship and the development over time. Again, this is an idea proposal, what you make out of it, is entirely in your hands.
I think this topic will be very interesting and can appeal to a variety of people. You could also make this a health related post by looking at what science has found out about how social interactions and close relationships contribute to health. Again, the possibilities are almost endless.
To get you started, here is a very long article I found in Nature Communications - Link
Previous Idea Suggestions:
- Suggestion #1: Onions and their Health Benefits
- Suggestion #2: Tea - The Silent Killer
- Suggestion #3: Essential Oils
- Suggestion #4: Biotechnology And Beer-Brewing
- Suggestion #5: Antioxidant Hype - Claimed by @deholt, build on by @csusbgeochem1
- Suggestion #6: Your Diet Changes Your Gut Microbiome Faster Than You Think
- Suggestion #7: Target Delivery Of Cancer Therapeutics
- Suggestion #8: Science Behind The Conspiracy Theory Phenomenon
- Suggestion #9: Influence Of Drug Overuse On The Human Microbiome
- Suggestion #10: Does The Brain Talk To The Immune System?
- Suggestion #11: Synthetic Cells
- Suggestion #12: The Forest
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As always,
Cheers @lesshorrible!
Nice job again. Here's hoping someone will claim this interesting topic. Are these topic claims restricted to new @steemstem members?
No, everybody can claim them (I was hoping there would be more new members interested). So if you like any idea, just claim it. Cheers!