Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

Weak social relationships are an urgent public health problem, but there is a severe lack of sound knowledge about which strategy should be pursued in preventive measures. In their analysis, the ...

Social isolation and loneliness—appearing in such forms as truancy and social reclusion in adolescence and beyond, the “80-50 problem” in middle age, and dying alone—are often discussed as negative ...

International comparisons and other studies have long shown Japan to have a strong tendency toward isolation. On top of this, there are concerns that community ties will weaken during the COVID-19 ...