Jan 01 2010
Loneliness is painful
Highlighting the connection between loneliness can affect a person’s behavior and how his or her brain operates. In the study, the ventral striatum a region of the brain is associated with the rewards is much more activated in non-lonely people than in the lonely when they view pictures of people in pleasant settings. Do you know about the region ‘ventral striatum’? The ventral striatum which is critical to learn, is a key portion of the brain and is activated through primary rewards such as food and secondary rewards such as money. Feelings of love and social rewards may also activate the region.