Ten Minutes Of Talking Improves Memory And Test Performance - 2 views
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Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests, according to a University of Michigan study to be published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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The higher the level of participants' social interaction, researchers found, the better their cognitive functioning.
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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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Talking with friends helps us improve cognitive function. Social isolation do the opposite.
