According to an article published in The Financial Times last Friday, “Mindless gossip feeds the brain.” Specifically, researchers have discovered that:
- memory and mental performance improve during a few minutes' conversation with another person
- rambling on about a soap opera seems to be as effective as a weighty conversation about social issues
- socializing is as effective in sharpening your faculties as doing a crossword
Off to the water cooler I go! Really, it's all in the line of duty.
Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair? Yeah, you know her, check out those shoes . . .
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