Friends, how they affect your brain chemistry

There's a cocktail of chemicals swimming around in your brain in your brain when we have quality social relationships. A Happier Year is now available — an illustrated calendar with 366 science-based actions. Use the code "happycastlistener" for 10% off at checkout on ahappieryear.com [01:24] Release those endorphins with social drinking [05:16] Endogenous opioids from social laughter [08:36] Be your spouse's friend! [10:30] But have other friends, because your cortisol responds to it. [14:45] Outtro References: Dunbar, R. I. M., Launay, J., Wlodarski, R., Robertson, C., Pearce, E., Carney, J., & Maccarron, P. (2017). Functional Benefits of ( Modest ) Alcohol Consumption, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology , 3, 118–133. Manninen, S., Tuominen, L., Dunbar, R. I., Karjalainen, T., Hirvonen, J., Arponen, E., … Ja, I. P. (2017). Social Laughter Triggers Endogenous Opioid Release in Humans, 37(25), 6125–6131. Grover, S., & Helliwell, J. F. (2019). How ' s Life at Home ? New Evidence on Marriage and the Set Point for Happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies , 20 (2), 373–390. Keneski, E., Neff, L. A., & Loving, T. J. (2018). The Importance of a Few Good Friends : Perceived Network Support Moderates the Association Between Daily Marital Conflict and Diurnal Cortisol, 9 (8), 962–971.

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Friends, how they affect your brain chemistry is an episode from Happycast: The Science of Happiness by Trina Kushnerik.

This episode is 16:01 long.

This episode was published on Oct 16, 2019.

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