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How is Social Connection Represented in the Brain?

NCT04577911 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 248

Last updated 2025-12-16

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Summary

Nearly half of the U.S. population sometimes or always experiences loneliness, which is alarming given that loneliness confers risk for negative mental and physical health outcomes. Extensive research suggests loneliness is characterized by subjective isolation: many lonely individuals maintain a number of relationships but still report feeling lonely. The goal of this proposal is to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to reveal how the brain represents our subjective connection to and isolation from other people, which will ultimately inform optimal ways to intervene to reduce loneliness.

Conditions

  • Loneliness

Interventions

OTHER

Basic Science Experiment

participants complete cognitive tasks while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Meghan Meyer, PhD · Columbia University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • United States

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