Brain Response to Close Friends (IMAGE) Society for Neuroscience Caption Brain regions that respond to information about friends are shown in orange and overlap a network of regions known to process personally relevant stimuli; regions that respond more to strangers are in blue. Notably, whether the person was perceived to be similar to the participant made no difference in brain response, suggesting that social alliances outweigh common interests. Credit Courtesy, with permission: Krienen et al. <I>The Journal of Neuroscience</I> 2010. Usage Restrictions For reporters, free use with appropriate credit line. All others, please contact <I>The Journal of Neuroscience.</I> License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.