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Isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings
Significance
- Social isolation impacts brain activity like starvation does.
- Substantia nigra reacts to isolation as it does to hunger.
- Brain’s response to loneliness mirrors effects of food deprivation.
- Isolated brains show similar patterns to starved brains.
- Day alone triggers brain changes akin to hunger effects.
References
Image: Unsplash
Contact: Anne Trafton – MIT
Source: MIT