A new study reveals the neural circuit that mediates social seeking behavior following periods of loneliness.
Neuroimaging reveals several differences in the brains of lonely people, specifically in the default network. Researchers found greater gray matter density and stronger connectivity in the default networks of lonely people.
A person's dependency on their smartphone predicts greater loneliness and depressive symptoms, and not the other way around.
Those who feel sad or lonely appear to be better at understanding social nature, researchers report.
Social preference in isolated zebrafish is caused by stress and anxiety, not observed anti-social patterns.
Men who spend several years living alone or experience serial relationship breakups are at increased risk of inflammation, a new study reports.
In the medial prefrontal cortex, loneliness is associated with a reduced representational similarity between the self and others. Feeling socially disconnected may be mirrored by a self-representation of being a "loner."
