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FacebookFriends: Facebook Friends

Description

Data on number of Facebook friends and grey matter density in brain regions related to social perception and associative memory.

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 40 observations on the following 2 variables.

GMdensity Normalized z-scores of grey matter density in certain brain regions
FBfriends Number of friends on Facebook

Details

A recent study in Great Britain examines the relationship between the number of friends an individual has on Facebook and grey matter density in the areas of the brain associated with social perception and associative memory. The study included 40 students at City University London.