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The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Why Your Brain Needs Real Connection

The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Why Your Brain Needs Real Connection

Update: 2025-11-24
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Isolation stresses the body, shrinks empathy, and shortens life — and friends are biological medicine.


Act One: Why Brains Need Friends by Ben Rein


Act Two: How To Break Up With Your Friends by Erin Falconer


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The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Why Your Brain Needs Real Connection

The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Why Your Brain Needs Real Connection

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