How Social Isolation Affects the Brain

Absence of human contact is associated with declines in cognitive function. But as the COVID-19 pandemic brings concerns about the potential harms of isolation to the fore, researchers are still hunting for concrete evidence of a causal role as well as possible mechanisms.

Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study

Frontotemporal Dementia: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment

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Social isolation and your mental health

Your Brain Is Changed by Social Isolation

Association of social isolation and loneliness with risk of incident hospital-treated infections: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank and Finnish Health and Social Support studies - The Lancet Public Health

Neurobiology and consequences of social isolation stress in animal model—A comprehensive review - ScienceDirect

Whole-brain mapping of socially isolated zebrafish reveals that lonely fish are not loners

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Our brain in isolation – what to know, what we can do. - SUZANNE GAZDA M.D.

Neurobiology of loneliness: a systematic review

How COVID Infection May Damage the Brain and Affect Mental Illness Symptoms & Mortality

How social isolation can actually shrink your brain

Social brain, social dysfunction and social withdrawal - ScienceDirect