Study finds how loneliness affects our health ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 11:40 IST
Montreal [Canada], December 16 (ANI): In a new study held by Mc Gill University, scientists show the effects of loneliness in the brain highlighting how neural signature may reflect our response to feelings of social isolation.
The researchers show the importance to understand how isolation affects our health through the study. They discovered a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in various ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
TORONTO As people spend more time alone this year because of pandemic-related restrictions, a team of Canadian researchers have shown the brains of lonely individuals look different from those who don’t experience loneliness regularly. According to the study published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, the brain scans of individuals who reported feeling lonely often had distinct characteristics compared to those who didn’t regularly have those feelings. These distinct characteristics were most evident in an area of the brain called the default network, which is a set of regions believed to be involved in internally directed thoughts, such as reminiscing, future planning, imagining, and thinking about others.
Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 16:09 IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
The study was published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday.
A team of researchers examined the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, genetics and psychological self-assessments of approximately 40,000 middle-aged and older adults who volunteered to have their information included in the UK Biobank: an open-access database available to health scientists around the world. They then compared the MRI data of participants who reported often f
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Scientists show a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
A team of researchers examined the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, genetics and psychological self-assessments of approximately 40,000 middle-aged and older adults who volunteered to have their information included in the UK Biobank: an open-access database available to health scientists around the world. They then compared the MRI data of participants who reported often feeling lonely with those who did not.