Can Good Friends Prolong Your Life?

Research is providing us with more and more proof that having friends is beneficial, if not essential, to good health.

Many people are aware of the detrimental effects that social isolation and loneliness can have on physical and mental well-being, but fewer appreciate the advantages of keeping our important relationships close and personal. University of Oxford data shows that best friends’ physiology comes into synchrony – the rhythm of their hearts, body temperatures and hormonal responses match. Human touch also slows the heartbeat, lowers blood pressure and the stress hormone cortisol. So our interaction with good friends actually keeps us alive and helps us live longer!

A Cambridge Forum's talk with Dr. Robert Waldinger is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Psychodynamic Therapy and Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and Dr. Jan Yager, sociologist, freelance writer, coach, speaker, artist, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

----- Contents of the video ----
0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:48 - Presentation Panelists
0:04:48 - Harvard Study's findings
0:08:36 - What's a Good Friendship?
0:21:30 - Men vs Women Friendships
0:28:17 - Magic number?
0:38:30 - Q&A

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