/newsroom/taxonomy/term/13304/all en /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-news-loneliness-can-directly-impair-immune-system-increase-risk-death-study-322840 <p>The findings, published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences earlier in June, show how social isolation can negatively affect the health of the brain as well as the immune system.“Social isolation, or a lack of social opportunity, gives rise to a sense of loneliness. Directly or indirectly, this feeling has many wide-ranging consequences for our psychological well-being as well as our physical health, even our longevity,” the study states.</p> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:42:46 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 217106 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/neurobiology-social-distance-322652 <p>Never before have we experienced social isolation on a massive scale as we have during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. A new paper published in the journal <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.05.016"><em>Trends in Cognitive Sciences</em></a> explores the wide-ranging, negative consequences that social isolation has on our psychological well-being and physical health, including decreased life span.</p> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:06:20 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 215375 at /newsroom