Loneliness : human nature and the need for social connection

Loneliness : human nature and the need for social connection / John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick.

A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines as unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cacioppo, John T.
Other Authors: Patrick, William, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Loneliness.
Loneliness > Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The lonely heart : Lonely in a social world
  • Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash
  • Losing control
  • Selfish genes, social animals
  • The universal and the particular
  • The wear and tear of loneliness
  • Part II. From selfish genes to social beings : Sympathetic threads
  • An indissociable organism
  • Knowing thyself, among others
  • Conflicted by nature
  • Conflicts in nature
  • Part III. Finding meaning in connection : Three adaptations
  • Getting it right
  • The power of social connection.

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