But the effect of these few core relationships extends beyond our social lives, influencing our health on the cellular level - from our immune system to our cardiovascular system.ĭenworth spoke with NPR about the science of friendship and its underestimated value to kids and adults and even for other species like sheep and fish. On average, people have only four very close relationships, Denworth finds, and very few people can sustain more than six.
Because, she writes, a new field of science is revealing that social connections play a vital role in our health. If we did, we'd take cultivating those intimate bonds as seriously as working out or eating well. We don't fully appreciate our friendships, says the science writer and author of the new book Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. Lydia Denworth wants you to make more time for your friends.
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