Abstract
Psychology![Figure][1] Shared musical likes pave the way to friendship PHOTO: © F1ONLINE DIGITALE BILDAGENTUR GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO How do children choose potential friends? Soley and Spelke explored this question through the creation of a site where 5-year-old children could press a button signifying with which other children they wanted to be friends. The information the researchers provided to these friend-makers was whether their potential friends liked particular songs, some of which the choosing children had not even heard. The children preferred to become friends with children whose favorite songs they knew and not those whose songs they didn't know. Thus, shared knowledge can lead to friendship, even at an early age. Cognition 148 , 106 (2016). [1]: pending:yes
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