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Jack Andrews

PhD Student in Neuroscience and Mental Health, University College London

Jack Andrews is a PhD student in neuroscience and mental health at University College London. His research focuses on adolescent social cognition and its relationship with social group dynamics and emotion.

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Written by Jack Andrews

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Emotions

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For young people, emotions are highly contagious social viruses

Like viruses, our internal mental states are socially transmissible, and it’s easier to catch happiness than depression

by Jack Andrews