Built for Each Other: What Your Brain Reveals About Belonging

Why do humans need social connection and what happens in the brain when that need is not met?

This is the first episode in a five part series exploring the neuroscience of belonging, loneliness, and human connection.

Tonight’s story begins inside the individual brain, looking at the research that reshaped how scientists understand social life and why connection is not optional for human well being.

We explore:
• the discovery of mirror neurons and what they reveal about social understanding
• how social rejection and physical pain share overlapping brain systems
• research on social pain and the brain
• the role of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in processing exclusion
• findings from the Cyberball study
• decades of loneliness research and what it shows about human needs
• the role of oxytocin in social bonding
• how the default mode network relates to social thinking
• and the evolutionary basis of belonging and connection

This is a calm, evidence based introduction to why humans are wired for connection and what happens when that system is disrupted.

After the one hour narrated story, the video continues with seven hours of ambient music for overnight listening.
Headphones recommended.

Part of the Being and Becoming Sleep Smart Series, The Belonging Series.

Topics:
belonging • loneliness • social connection • mirror neurons • social pain • rejection and the brain • dorsal anterior cingulate cortex • Cyberball study • loneliness research • John Cacioppo • oxytocin • default mode network • social neuroscience • why humans need connection • neuroscience for beginners • educational sleep content

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