Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era.
Nat Hum Behav
; 6(10): 1333-1343, 2022 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2077062
ABSTRACT
Intense sociality has been a catalyst for human culture and civilization, and our social relationships at a personal level play a pivotal role in our health and well-being. These relationships are, however, sensitive to the time we invest in them. To understand how and why this should be, we first outline the evolutionary background in primate sociality from which our human social world has emerged. We then review defining features of that human sociality, putting forward a framework within which one can understand the consequences of mass social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, including mental health deterioration, stress, sleep disturbance and substance misuse. We outline recent research on the neural basis of prolonged social isolation, highlighting especially higher-order neural circuits such as the default mode network. Our survey of studies covers the negative effects of prolonged social deprivation and the multifaceted drivers of day-to-day pandemic experiences.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Hum Behav
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41562-022-01453-0
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