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The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Unpacking Social Connection, Part 1
Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Loneliness, Empathy, and Social Connection. Dr. Ronald Hoffman interviews neuroscientist Dr. Ben Rein about his book, "Why Brains Need Friends," focusing on how loneliness and social isolation affect well-being and health. Rein describes his research on the neurobiology of autism, empathy, and how MDMA enhances empathy via serotonin signaling in the nucleus accumbens, and argues that humans are evolutionarily wired for social reward through oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine. They distinguish objective isolation from subjective loneliness and…
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