Why Loneliness Is Deadly: The Biology of Social Isolation
Loneliness is a public health crisis. Chronic social isolation increases mortality risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
August 2024
March 2024
Why Loneliness Is a Public Health Crisis: The Science of Social Connection
Loneliness now kills as surely as smoking. Explore the science of social disconnection, from Julianne Holt-Lunstad's landmark mortality research to...
February 2024
Why We Need to Belong
The science of belonging: Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary's fundamental need to belong hypothesis, Naomi Eisenberger's fMRI social pain research,...
October 2023
The Science of Loneliness
Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. John Cacioppo's research explains how social isolation changes the brain, inflames the...
July 2023
The Loneliness Epidemic Explained
A deep dive into the global loneliness crisis: what the science says, why social media makes it worse, and what actually works to rebuild human...