The neuroendocrinology of social isolation
loneliness · Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 733–767 · 2015
Cacioppo (2015) reveals that loneliness turns your own immune system against you, re-writing your genetic code to prepare for a battle that never comes.
Authors
Cacioppo, J. T., Cacioppo, S., Capitanio, J. P., Cole, S. W.
Research lens
Cacioppo (2015) reveals that loneliness turns your own immune system against you, re-writing your genetic code to prepare for a battle that never comes.
- loneliness
- hpa-axis
- cortisol
- inflammation