Social connection is something we crave
The brain has similar responses to isolation and fasting.
Just one day of forced social isolation evokes a similar neural response as food deprivation, US scientists have foun...
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Opinion
Tim Jarvis on isolation
Trekking alone across Antarctica.
My experience of isolation has taken many forms over the years. It comes in working for myself, and the isolation of ...
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Opinion
How to survive isolation
Expert tips that make isolation more bearable.
With more countries heading towards societal lock down, increasingly enforced social distancing, and people being ord...
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‘Loneliness epidemic’ set to become a health crisis
New research confirms the deadly effects of increasing social isolation.
Multiple recent studies have found that loneliness is set to reach epidemic proportions through the Western world by ...