Health
Loneliness and hunger share a home in the brain – Medical News Today
Researchers find that when people need company, the same part of their brain lights up as when they need food — more evidence that socializing is a basic human…
A study finds that when people crave company, the same part of their brain lights up as when they crave food. The research supports the intuitive notion that socializing is a basic human need, akin to eating.
There is ample evidence that chronic loneliness is bad for our physical and mental health.
Studies reported by Medical News Today in the past few years suggest that loneliness weakens the immune system, and has links to diabetes, dementia, and mental illness.
As people worldwide forego meeting…
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