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Using fMRI scans on 19 lonely fans of “Game of Thrones”, researchers discovered that they processed their favorite characters similarly to real friends in their brains. This suggests that lonelier ... (news.osu.edu)
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Using fMRI scans on 19 lonely fans of “Game of Thrones”, researchers discovered that they processed their favorite characters similarly to real friends in their brains. This suggests that lonelier ...::In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain that is active when thinking about others, a new study found.Researchers scanned the brains of people who were fans of “Game of Thrones” while they thought about various characters in the show and about their real frien...

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also the same one that makes conservative dipshits believe asshole politicians are on their side.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

You just don't know him like I do, man. Soon he'll enact his big plan and fix everything!! He's just waiting until the moment is right to sneak it all past the other side, man!