Friends and brain power

I NOTE that, according to Professor Geraint Rees “a strong correlation was seen between numbers of Facebook friends” and the amount of grey matter in certain regions of the brain (News, October 19).

Friends and brain power
Mon, 24 Oct, 2011 - 01:00
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I assume the correlation in question is one of inverse proportion.

Brendan Casserly

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