34: Fasting and Furious [Lonely Brain vs. Hungry Brain]
THE BRAIN IS HUNGRY FOR PEOPLE. Keeping in mind new experiences of isolation during the pandemic, recent research shows parallels between a socially-deprived brain craving people and a fasted brain craving food.
Key Words
acute deprivation, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, brainstem, caudate, chronic loneliness, craving, dopamine, fasting, fMRI, hunger, insular cortex, loneliness, midbrain, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex, putamen, social isolation, striatum, substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA)
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Fill your boots
References and Resources
Lonely brains crave people like hungry brains crave food
Primary research: Acute social isolation evokes midbrain craving responses similar to hunger
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