Social connection is something we crave
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Just one day of forced social isolation evokes a similar neural response as food deprivation, US scientists have found, likening it to a hunger craving.
“It highlights how important being connected with others is for humans,” says Livia Tomova, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lead author of a paper published in Nature Neuroscience.
Published by Cosmos.