Nature Communications (Dec 2020)
The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation
- R. Nathan Spreng,
- Emile Dimas,
- Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo,
- Alain Dagher,
- Philipp Koellinger,
- Gideon Nave,
- Anthony Ong,
- Julius M. Kernbach,
- Thomas V. Wiecki,
- Tian Ge,
- Yue Li,
- Avram J. Holmes,
- B. T. Thomas Yeo,
- Gary R. Turner,
- Robin I. M. Dunbar,
- Danilo Bzdok
Affiliations
- R. Nathan Spreng
- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
- Emile Dimas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
- Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo
- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
- Alain Dagher
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University
- Philipp Koellinger
- School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Gideon Nave
- Marketing Department, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Anthony Ong
- Department of Human Development, Cornell University
- Julius M. Kernbach
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Aachen (NAILA), RWTH Aachen University Hospital
- Thomas V. Wiecki
- Quantopian Inc.
- Tian Ge
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Yue Li
- School of Computer Science, McGill University
- Avram J. Holmes
- Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Yale University
- B. T. Thomas Yeo
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Centre for Sleep & Cognition, Clinical Imaging Research Centre, N.1 Institute for Health, National University of Singapore
- Gary R. Turner
- Department of Psychology, York University
- Robin I. M. Dunbar
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
- Danilo Bzdok
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20039-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Here, using pattern-learning analyses of structural, functional, and diffusion brain scans in ~40,000 UK Biobank participants, the authors provide population-scale evidence that the default network is associated with perceived social isolation.
