‘Tis Better to Give Than to Receive? By Guest PostNovember 13, 2011Culture, Scienceactivity in the amygdale, amygdale, behavior, boyfriends in pain, brain scans, chocolate, fmri, functional magnetic resonance imaging, good relationships, Health, heterosexual couples, jacob k javits fellowships, likelihood of survival, naomi eisenberger, neural activity, painful electric shocks, septal area, sex and money, social support is good, squeeze ball, stuart wolpert, tristen inagaki, ventral striatum *UCLA life scientists find that giving support offers health benefits — to the giver* Providing support to a loved one offers benefits to the giver, not just the recipient, a new brain-imaging study by UCLA life scientists reveals. (more…) Read More
