MIT neuroscientists have found that the longings for social interaction felt during isolation are neurologically very similar to the food cravings people experience when hungry.
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We've never understood how hunger works. That might be about to change.
A hunger for social contact, MIT News
We've never understood how hunger works. That might be about to change.
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