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People surprisingly reluctant to reach out to old friends, new study finds

People are as hesitant to reach out to an old friend as they are to strike up a conversation with a stranger, even when they have the capacity and desire to do so, according to a new joint study by researchers at SFU and the University of Sussex.

The paper co-authors SFU Professor Lara Aknin and Dr. Gillian Sandstrom at the University of Sussex in Brighton (U.K.), looks at whether and why people are reluctant to reach out to rekindle old relationships.

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