OPEN ARCHIVE · 2024

Why we love speaking about ourselves

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“a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that approximately 40 percent of what we say involves telling other people about our subjective experiences: what we think or feel. In fact, we’re compelled to talk about ourselves: The same study also found that talking about ourselves causes a spike in activity in parts of our brains associated with the sense of reward and satisfaction we get from money, food, and even sex.”