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Decoding the invisible forces of social connections

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Cacioppo, Stephanie, Cacioppo, John T.·2012·Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

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By its 20th anniversary, social neuroscience has witnessed an incredible rise in the number of studies demonstrating the effects of perceived social isolation (e.g., loneliness, ostracism), and inversely, the beneficial effects of social bonding (e.g., love, desire, attachment) on social perception, cognition, and behavior and on mental and physical health. The current review underscores the importance of two factors in this literature: (1) where an individual falls along the continuum of isolation/bonding from feelings of rejection and neglect to feelings of strong, stable, trusted social bonds, and (2) whether gauging an individual's general feeling of social isolation/bonding or the specific feeling of isolation/bonding toward the person with whom the individual is interacting. Evidence shows that these factors are related to brain and cognition, including embodied social cognition-a system integrating past self-related actions from which simulation mechanisms can be used to access other people's minds and anticipate their actions. The neurophysiological mechanisms underlying sensorimotor mapping between interacting individuals offers an empirical opportunity to investigate the interpersonal forces that operate on individuals at a distance. This multilevel integrative approach provides a valuable tool for investigating the brain networks responsible for understanding acute and chronic social disorders.

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  1. Pickett C. L. Gardner W. L. (2005). The social monitoring system: enhanced sensitivity to social cues as an adaptive response to social exclusion, in The Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying, eds Williams K. Forgas J. von Hippel W. (New York, NY: Psychology Press), 213– 226
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Authors
Cacioppo, S., & Cacioppo, J. T.
Affiliations
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Cacioppo, Stephanie
Venue
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Published
2012
Volume
6
Pages
51-51
ISSN
1662-5145 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2152374164
Cited by
87
References
79
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
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  • Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (128599, FNS_PP00_1_128599/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
social isolation, social bonding, loneliness, ostracism, attachment, sensorimotor mapping, interpersonal interaction, social perception, social neuroscience, social disorder

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