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Why Friends Are Good for Your Brain

Our brains are wired for connection, and researchers are learning friendships play a vital role in keeping us healthy.

Why Friends Are Good for Your Brain

Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world’s foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.

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