Loneliness : human nature and the need for social connection / John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick.
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TextPublisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton, 2009Description: xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9780393335286Subject(s): Loneliness | Loneliness -- Physiological aspects | Neuropsychology | Social interaction | Interpersonal Relations | Loneliness -- psychology | Social Isolation -- psychologyDDC classification: 155.92 LOC classification: BF575.L7 | C23 2009| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Originally published: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.
A sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our thinking abilities and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. A blend of biological and social science, this book demonstrates that, as individuals and as a society, we have everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or how poorly we manage our need for social bonds. --From publisher description.
Part 1. The lonely heart. Ch. 1. Lonely in a social world ; Ch. 2.; Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash ; Ch. 3. Losing control ; Ch. 4. Selfish genes, social animals ; Ch. 5. The; universal and the particular ; Ch. 6. The wear and tear of loneliness -- pt. 2. From selfish genes to social beings. Ch. 7. Sympathetic threads ; Ch. 8. An indissociable organism ; Ch. 9. Knowing thyself, among others ; Ch. 10. Conflicted by nature ; Ch. 11. Conflicts in nature -- pt. 3. Finding meaning in connection. Ch. 12. Three adaptations ; Ch. 13. Getting it right ; Ch. 14. The power of social connection.
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