Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation.

ABSTRACT: Studies showed that introversion is the strongest personality trait related to perceived social isolation (loneliness), which can predict various complications beyond objective isolation such as living alone. Lonely individuals are more likely to resort to social media for instantaneous comfort, but it is not a perpetual solution. Largely negative implications including poorer interpersonal relationship and depression were reported due to excessive social media usage. Conversational task is an established intervention to improve verbal communication, cognitive and behavioral adaptation among lonely individuals. Despite that behavioral benefits have been reported, it is unclear if they are accompanied by objective benefits underlying physiological changes. Here, we investigate the physiolog

SUBMITTER: Feng YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8466201 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature