Montreal: In a new study held by Mc Gill University, scientists show the effects of loneliness in the brain highlighting how neural ‘signature’ may
Montreal: In a new study held by Mc Gill University, scientists show the effects of loneliness in the brain highlighting how neural ‘signature’ may reflect our response to feelings of social isolation. The researchers show the importance to understand how isolation affects our health through the study. They discovered a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in various ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks. A team of researchers examined the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, genetics and psychological self-assessments of approximately 40,000 middle-aged and older adults who volunteered to have their information included in the UK Biobank: an open-access database available to health scientists around the world.
