Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

Author: Cacioppo, John T.Brand: Cacioppo, John T./ Patrick, WilliamEdition: ReprintBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 336Release Date: 10-08-2009Part Number: 9780393335286Details: Based on groundbreaking research showing that prolonged loneliness can be as harmful to your health as smoking, Loneliness is “one of the most important books about the human condition to appear in a decade” (Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness). University of Chicago social neuroscientist John T. Cacioppo pioneered research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our ability to think and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. On the flip side, social connection can be a powerful therapy. Cacioppo’s sophisticated studies relying on brain imaging, analysis of blood pressure, immune response, stress hormones, behavior, and even gene expression show that human beings are simply far more intertwi