social function

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Because similar brain structures contribute to social behavior across many species, the findings could also offer clues about human social function and conditions in which social behavior is altered or disrupted.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Doctors describe “remission” as when a patient responds to treatment so that they have returned to normal social function and they are indistinguishable from someone who has never had depression.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Warm but assured in her convictions, she immediately hit it off with Matt when they met at a social function during the summer before their junior years in college.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Her humanist belief in the social function of art is a fulfillment of what Noguchi envisioned as a “making and ownership of art … beyond personal possession — a common and free experience.”

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Prognosis: Correspondence between you and your sister cannot serve anything but a purely social function.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote