On a Sunday morning last November, Robert King — best known as one of the long-imprisoned Angola Three — stood before an audience of neuroscientists and reflected on his 29 years in solitary ...

There is a difference between loneliness (the imposition of social isolation) and aloneness (the choice of being alone), and thus the brain reacts in very different ways. Loneliness, or social ...

Fortunately, total isolation is exceedingly rare in ... but having a developmental effect, nonetheless. The brain changes that lead to a lack of pruning involve parts of the neuron called ...

When people are isolated from human contact, their mind can do some truly bizarre things, says Michael Bond. Why does this happen? Sarah Shourd’s mind began to slip after about two months into ...

Researchers gain new insights into the brain mechanisms underlying the negative effects caused by long-term social isolation. Chronic social isolation has debilitating effects on mental health in ...

And while I can usually find the light even in the darkest hours, the COVID-imposed isolation can have devastating effects on the brain. While it's true that the populations suffering the most ...

There are countless negative effects that social isolation and extreme isolation ... Essentially, hallucinations happen because of a lack of brain stimulation. In fact, Alati revealed he began ...

Social isolation also has been found to have negative physical effects on humans. One study notes that feeling isolated and lonely is associated with accelerated aging of the brain and ...

The effects of isolation At 50 days of age ... the projections that brain cells use to communicate. These sheathes, which are made of a fatty substance called myelin, help insulate axons and ...