We found that loneliness corresponds with a neural representation of oneself that is highly dissimilar from the neural representations of other people. In other words, feeling disconnected from others may be mirrored by a “lonelier” neural self-representation.
Authors
Andrea L. Courtney, Meghan L. Meyer
Publication
The Journal of neuroscience
July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020
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