Name: HOW TO PICK YOUR FRIENDS
Uploaded: 2026-03-13T17:14:55.000Z
Duration: 2 min 11 s
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Finally, there's a scientific reason to stay away from toxic people.

You ever wonder why yawns are contagious while when somebody else yawns, you yawn?

So mirror neurons means that our brain cells mirror each other's.

They connect with each other, which is why when you smile, you smile.

Which is why your favorite shows on TV add in laugh tracks.

Because they know when you hear somebody laughing, you're more likely to laugh.

Notice two people in a good relationship having a conversation.

They will begin to unconsciously mirror each other's body language.

There was a study done years ago where they put electrodes on babies heads so they could study their brains.

I don't think any babies will hurt in this experiment.

But what they discovered was fascinating.

when they saw someone else reach for something, the same part of their brain lit up.

When they saw something, and when they did something, the same part lit up.

What does this have to do with picking your friends?

Well, if you're around somebody that's constantly negative, angry, judgmental and pessimistic and you're watching them, the more those parts of your brain are gonna be activated in you.

And neurons that fire together wire together means the connections are going to grow stronger and stronger.

Keep in mind this is a totally unconscious process.

You can't control the neurons consciously.

So since it's unconscious, we have to protect our peace, our space, and who we hang around.

We have to model people who already have the habits that we want and limit our time around people who have habits that we don't want.