Intense sociality has been a catalyst for human culture and civilization, and our social
relationships at a personal level play a pivotal role in our health and well-being. These …

Friendship is the single most important factor influencing our health, well-being, and
happiness. Creating and maintaining friendships is, however, extremely costly, in terms of …

The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the
influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning remains a central topic of …

The use of Snapchat–a time-limited instant messaging service–has been rapidly rising
amongst adolescents. However, the exact nature of Snapchat use remains difficult to …

It has been proposed that singing evolved to facilitate social cohesion. However, it remains
unclear whether bonding arises out of properties intrinsic to singing or whether any social …

We use data on frequencies of bi-directional posts to define edges (or relationships) in two
Facebook datasets and a Twitter dataset and use these to create ego-centric social …

The social brain hypothesis has suggested that natural social network sizes may have a
characteristic size in humans. This is determined in part by cognitive constraints and in part …

Communal eating, whether in feasts or everyday meals with family or friends, is a human
universal, yet it has attracted surprisingly little evolutionary attention. I use data from a UK …

The question as to why primates have evolved unusually large brains has received much
attention, with many alternative proposals all supported by evidence. We review the main …

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, observed at a higher incidence
in women compared with men. Treatments aimed at improving pathology in AD remain …