This informs the brain and 1:1 relationships, I don't think that 1 to many has any connection here. Perhaps the real news, since we know close friends influence us is that we can detect similar brain patterns, proposing that not only our opinions but our perceptions are influenced. A larger study that considered sex and age would be interesting: with age plasticity might limit this, and whether generally more empathetic women were more aligned than men, etc.
A practical application might be with close friends or family members talking to brain injured patients (injury, stroke patients). See if they can get brain activation jumpstarted in patient.
This informs the brain and 1:1 relationships, I don't think that 1 to many has any connection here. Perhaps the real news, since we know close friends influence us is that we can detect similar brain patterns, proposing that not only our opinions but our perceptions are influenced. A larger study that considered sex and age would be interesting: with age plasticity might limit this, and whether generally more empathetic women were more aligned than men, etc.
A practical application might be with close friends or family members talking to brain injured patients (injury, stroke patients). See if they can get brain activation jumpstarted in patient.