How Loneliness Can Affect Brain Function. Lonely brains process...

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How Loneliness Can Affect Brain Function. Lonely brains process differently, linked to feelings of disconnection. Reviewed by Gary Drevitch

In 1995, Baumeister and Leary wrote, “the need to belong is a powerful, fundamental and extremely pervasive motivation” for the social beings we humans are. When we cannot connect with others, when we feel disconnected from other humans, we feel loneliness. Loneliness affects more than our emotional responses; it can and does affect our physical bodies. In a large...

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