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Brain scans just showed that loneliness reshapes the same memory circuits damaged early in Alzheimer’s — quiet isolation etching itself into the wiring of the mind

The entorhinal cortex is a sliver of brain tissue no bigger than a postage stamp, tucked just in front of the hippocampus. It ...
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US surgeon general warns about the dangers of loneliness

Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared a national loneliness and social isolation epidemic throughout the country. He warned that about half of U.S. adults are experiencing ...

Psychology says older adults experience loneliness most deeply not when they’re alone, but in the hour after a phone call ends, when the contrast between connectio…

An NPR piece on aging and social connection noted that the kinds of regular, low-stakes, in-person ties that protect against ...

The version of late-life loneliness people don’t talk about is being loved by adult children who are too busy to be present, and the daily small work of pretending tha…

They'd talk about her daughter's job, and the kids, and what was on TV, and they'd circle back around to something one of ...
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This professor interviewed dozens of people about loneliness. Here's what we get wrong about it.

Thu, June 20, 2024 at 8:57 PM UTC “I've always been interested in the sort of darker sides of being human … and I guess I've always noted that when people are suffering, one of the common ingredients ...
Psychology Today

Loneliness: Is It an Emergency of the Psyche?

The loneliness discussion seems to be everywhere: Illinois NPR, “Statewide: The Loneliness Epidemic” Psychology Today, “Embracing Autonomy Was a Big Mistake” USA Today, “Loneliness Is at Epidemic ...
Forbes

Loneliness Less Deadly Than We Thought, But Still Costly—How To Fix It

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dilan Gomih is a well-being expert focused on workplace performance. That shift does not lessen the issue. It sharpens it.
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The men's loneliness epidemic might not exist

We're back with "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our lives. The men's loneliness epidemic might not exist We're back with "All the Lonely People," a series ...
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A new study just found loneliness physically reshapes the brain — altering the very regions that handle memory and read other people’s faces

Somewhere inside the brain of a person who feels chronically disconnected, the architecture starts to look different. The ...