Lena Dunham’s quirky HBO series “Girls” is inspiring lots of talk about female friendships. (And is it any coincidence that science says a woman should have three good girlfriends for optimum stress relief?) This is true both for humans and animals, among which female friends are believed to anchor the basic unit of social life, [...]
Aug 10, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: animal psychology, animal science, baboons, elephants, female friendship, frenemies, friendship, friendship trends, girlfriends, girls, Girls show, HBO Girls, health trends, humans, lions, primatologist, psychology, romance, science, stress | Leave A Comment »
Calling all gossip girls—and boys! While it’s true that both genders gossip, a recent study found that we gab about very different things—women about physical appearance and social information, and men about achievement-related topics. Most notably, the study revealed that the effects of gossip on female friendships and male friendships are very different; gossip helped [...]
Jul 30, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Marketing, Technology, Trends | Tags: female friendship, friendship, friendship trends, gender differences, gossip, gossip trends, male friendship, psychology, small talk, social media trends, social mores, sociology, texting | Leave A Comment »
Lots of us remember grade school for the notes we passed under desks and the secrets we whispered on the playground … to best friends. But some English schools are adopting “best friend bans” to save their students from the pain of “breaking up” with a friend later on. This kind of practice is redolent [...]
May 22, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: best friends, childhood, children, education, education trends, elementary school, friendship, friendship trends, helicopter parents, parenting, parenting trends, psychology, psychology trends, smartphones, Social Media, text messaging | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on Fuel the Future. Let’s face it: We are living in an over-networked world, with very few boundaries between life, love and work. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what all this connection means to our already overly scheduled lives and what the payoff is from having thousands of Facebook friends or [...]
Jul 05, 2011 | Categories:Features, Social Media, Technology | Tags: blur, connection, connectivity, Facebook, friends, friendship, gay marriage, Inside Facebook, investment, job seekers, LinkedIn, network, networking, New York, online, ROI, Social Media, social networks, Twitter | 2 Comments »
