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SUBMITTER: Tomova L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580014 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tomova Livia L Wang Kimberly L KL Thompson Todd T Matthews Gillian A GA Takahashi Atsushi A Tye Kay M KM Saxe Rebecca R
Nature neuroscience 20201123 12
When people are forced to be isolated from each other, do they crave social interactions? To address this question, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure neural responses evoked by food and social cues after participants (n = 40) experienced 10 h of mandated fasting or total social isolation. After isolation, people felt lonely and craved social interaction. Midbrain regions showed selective activation to food cues after fasting and to social cues after isolation; these respon ...[more]