ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2020
The Neurobiology of Social Distance.
Review in Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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101 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strengthening the relationship between community resilience and health emergency communication: a systematic review.BMC global and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Human social isolation and stress: a systematic review of different contexts and recommendations for future studies.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2024Pooled it
- Are social isolation and loneliness associated with cognitive decline in ageing?Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Social Support and Cognition: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Sickness and the Social Brain: Love in the Time of COVID.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
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- Age and loneliness relate to reduced trust learning and alterations in amygdala function.iScience · 2026Article
- A unifying account of loss aversion and loneliness: from neurocognitive bases to affective dysfunction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Neurology of cognition and social behavior. A narrative review of neurobiological bases and clinical aspects.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2026Review
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- Loneliness in schizophrenia: Just loneliness.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Depressive symptoms among single-person households: roles of dietary habits and frequency of eating meals with others.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Modulation of alpha and theta waves by social stimuli in virtual educational environments.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The validity of a new resilience scale: the Japan Resilience Scale (J-RS) for mothers with a focus on cultural aspects.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Overconfident, but angry at least. AI-Based investigation of facial emotional expressions and self-assessment bias in human adults.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic.Heliyon · 2025Article
- How people think about being alone shapes their experience of loneliness.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Stress, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, and aggression.Metabolic brain disease · 2024Review
- Loneliness and Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Dissociation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Never before have we experienced social isolation on such a massive scale as we have in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, we know that the social environment has a dramatic impact on our sense of life satisfaction and well-being. In times of distress, crisis, or disaster, human resilience depends on the richness and strength of social connections, as well as on active engagement in groups and communities. Over recent years, evidence emerging from various disciplines has made it abundantly clear: perceived social isolation (i.e., loneliness) may be the most potent threat to survival and longevity. We highlight the benefits of social bonds, the choreographies of bond creation and maintenance, as well as the neurocognitive basis of social isolation and its deep consequences for mental and physical health.
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