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Tag: Social Interaction

On the road

1 March 2021

Social interaction at MIT

By Livia Tomova

The corona pandemic confronts society with the impact of social isolation. Schrödinger Fellow Livia Tomova explored this topic even before the crisis began. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she studied how the brain reacts to loneliness and the craving for social contact. As Tomova reports in this guest contribution to scilog, the results of […] Continue reading “Social interaction at MIT”

Projects

30 March 2020

Does stress make us more helpful?

With the advent of the Corona pandemic, social distancing has become the order of the day. At the same time, the lockdown is very stressful for many people. A team of researchers from Vienna and Zurich is investigating how stress relates to social behaviour and how the latter develops. This is the first project to […] Continue reading “Does stress make us more helpful?”

Projects

11 July 2016

Addiction research uncovers potential of social interaction

Animals prefer contact with other animals rather than drug consumption. – This has been shown by neuroscience studies providing first-time evidence of the positive impact of social interaction and opening up new therapeutic avenues. Continue reading “Addiction research uncovers potential of social interaction”

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