Ten minutes of talking has a mental payoff: Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests [...]
The findings also suggest that social isolation may have a negative effect on intellectual abilities as well as emotional well-being. And for a society characterized by increasing levels of social isolation—a trend sociologist Robert Putnam calls "Bowling Alone"—the effects could be far-reaching.
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