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
Loneliness now kills as surely as smoking. Explore the science of social disconnection, from Julianne Holt-Lunstad's landmark mortality research to...
February 2024
The Importance of Belonging in Human Psychology
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 Serious Effects of Loneliness on Health
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
Exploring the Global Loneliness Crisis
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...