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Loneliness and implicit attention to social threat: A high-performance electrical neuroimaging study

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Reputation for reciprocity engages the brain reward center

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New Ways of Theorizing and Conducting Research in the Field of Loneliness and Social Isolation

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The Theoretical and Empirical Basis for Meditation as an Intervention for PTSD

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Life lacks meaning without acceptance: Ostracism triggers suicidal thoughts.

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The neural bases of feeling understood and not understood

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Loneliness and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Mechanisms and Future Directions

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Want to Optimize Executive Functions and Academic Outcomes? Simple, Just Nourish the Human Spirit

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Being disconnected from life: meanings of existential loneliness as narrated by frail older people

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Loneliness and excessive smartphone use among Chinese college students: Moderated mediation effect of perceived stressed and motivation

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Depending on your own kindness: The moderating role of self-compassion on the within-person consequences of work loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“I couldn’t have asked for a better quarantine partner!”: experiences with companion dogs during Covid-19.

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Perceived social isolation is associated with altered functional connectivity in neural networks associated with tonic alertness and executive control

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