Julian Assange spent years in some form of isolation. Just how damaging can that be for your mental and physical health?
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Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
Before we draw conclusions about the implications of social isolation, we should check our expectations of how, when and why neighbouring does or does not happen.
While the COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant progress in expanding rural home internet access, these gains are proving temporary as resources dwindle.
I believe that young people today face unprecedented pressures to excel academically, professionally and socially.
Young people were experiencing increasing rates of loneliness well before the pandemic shut things down.
Autistic people are not only more likely to feel lonely but are also more likely to experience it more acutely than non-autistic people according to new research.
Time’s elasticity is part of how we process it.
A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing world.
COVID lockdowns and the rise of the gig economy have led to loneliness becoming an issue in the workplace.
At least half of surveyed US adults experienced loneliness and social isolation.
One person recently spent 100 days underwater. Another lived 500 days in a cave. What can we learn from such extreme experiences?
The contestants’ relationships with nature clearly shape their actions. As armchair experts, each of us may reflect on our own relationship with nature and how we would act in the same situation.
Singing, as a communal exercise, can break down social barriers, reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spending Christmas by yourself can be hard but research shows there are things that should help.
Two new studies highlight the importance of social connection in the workplace and illustrate why working from home may not be the optimal workplace arrangement.
At times when COVID numbers are increasing, allowing infectious people to mingle freely at work and socially will create epidemic growth and make the crisis even worse.
Isolation and exclusion are common and damaging experiences.
Will two fewer days of isolation make much of a difference to COVID case numbers?
Principais colaboradores
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate Dean of School for Psychology and Humanities, University of Central Lancashire
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
