There's now scientific backing for the old adage that when two people "click" in conversation, they have a meeting of minds. The evidence comes from MRI scans of 11 people's brains as they listened to a woman recounting a story.

The scans showed that the listeners' brain patterns tracked those of the storyteller almost exactly, though trailed 1 to 3 seconds behind. But in some listeners, brain patterns even preceded those of the storyteller.

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