Purpose Loneliness is increasingly recognised as the next critical public health issue. A
plausible reason for this concern may be related to emerging societal trends affecting the …

Neuroimaging has evolved into a widely used method to investigate the functional
neuroanatomy, brain-behaviour relationships, and pathophysiology of brain disorders …

Attachment bonds are a defining feature of mammals. A conceptual framework on human
attachments is presented, integrating insights from animal research with neuroimaging …

Social cognition broadly refers to the processing of social information in the brain that
underlies abilities such as the detection of others' emotions and responding appropriately to …

Historically, research on emotion perception has focused on facial expressions, and findings
from this modality have come to dominate our thinking about other modalities. Here we …

Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

This study investigated interactive exchange in lovers and the associated interpersonal
brain synchronization (IBS) using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)‐based …

The neural mechanisms that support naturalistic learning via effective pedagogical
approaches remain elusive. Here we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy to measure …

C-tactile (CT) afferents encode caress-like touch that supports social–emotional
development, and stimulation of the CT system engages the insula and cortical circuitry …

Researchers from multiple fields have sought to understand how sex moderates human
social behavior. While over 50 years of research has revealed differences in cooperation …