Andrew Huberman· PhD
And what they found was that people who were primed for this self-expansion had lower activation of brain areas associated with assessing others attractiveness than did the people who experienced a lot of self-expansion.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And what they found was that people who were primed for this self-expansion had lower activation of brain areas associated with assessing others attractiveness than did the people who experienced a lot of self-expansion.
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the person is really terrific, that the relationship that they've created together is really exciting, novel, and challenging, that there's a narrative around the relationship that really has a lot to do with the dynamics between the individuals in particular that the person who really likes self-expansion is vital to that dynamic.