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Friendships aren’t just about keeping score – new psychology research looks at why we help our friends when they need it

By Jessica D. Ayers, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Boise State University
Athena Aktipis, Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University

Friendship isn’t a tit-for-tat balance sheet, but that’s how researchers have traditionally defined it. New studies are refining the model to be less about transactions and truer to real life.

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