S2 E3: Your Mind on Loneliness & Social Connection, with Dr. Elisa Baek

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Why do some people amass have friends effortlessly while others remain isolated? Dr. Elisa Baek tells us about her work using social network analysis to examine the differences between the brains of well-connected and lonely people. Dr. Baek also shares why those with the most friends might not be the most magnetic or charismatic, but might rather be those with the strongest need to belong.

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Baek, E. C., Hyon, R., López, K., Porter, M. A., & Parkinson, C. (2021). Lonely individuals process the world in idiosyncratic ways. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.01312.
More on Social Network Analysis: Baek, E. C., Porter, M. A., & Parkinson, C. (2021). Social network analysis for social neuroscientists. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(8), 883-901.
Social networks & exclusion in small Korean town: Baek, E.C., Kim, H., Chey, J., Youm, Y., & Parkinson, C. (under review). Individuals who occupy central positions in a real-life social network show increased sensitivity to social exclusion.
Sievers, B., Welker, C., Hasson, U., Kleinbaum, A. M., & Wheatley, T. (2020). How consensus-building conversation changes our minds and aligns our brains.
Leong, Y. C., Chen, J., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. (2020). Conservative and liberal attitudes drive polarized neural responses to political content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(44), 27731-27739.
Binnquist, A. L., Dolbier, S. Y., Dieffenbach, M. C., & Lieberman, M. D. (2022). The Zoom solution: Promoting effective cross-ideological communication online. Plos one, 17(7), e0270355.
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S2 E3: Your Mind on Loneliness & Social Connection, with Dr. Elisa Baek

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Dr. Elisa Baek

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