About this episode

The episode discusses the health benefits of friendship with Jaimie Krem, a friendship scientist.

Join us as we chat with Jaimie Krem, friendship scientist and founding director of the UCLA Center for Friendship Research. We discuss how friendship is a “silver bullet” in terms of the many health benefits it brings, including improvements in cardiovascular health, sleep, immune function, and reduced risk of mental illness and dementia. Jaimie describes how venting to your friends can be a manipulative, but effective social strategy. We contemplate the differences between men’s and women’s ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Constance Bauer, Lori Dube

Guest: Jaimie Krem

Topics covered

• friendship
• health benefits
• cardiovascular health
• mental health
• social strategies

Keywords

• friendship
• health
• cardiovascular
• immune function
• mental illness
• dementia
• social strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA Center for Friendship Research

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