What is loneliness and what causes it? Is it the nature of our human condition? Is it a feeling or a thought? Does age, personality, or social contact matter? Topics to be considered are the causes and consequences of loneliness from a psychological perspective and the impact of modern society; sources of resilience and vulnerabilities; implications of loneliness vs. aloneness or solitude; and interventions for alleviating loneliness. Cultural implications and the Scandinavian perspective are also explored.
MSc, cognitive neuroscience, University of Skövde, 2018 BA neuroscience, Boston university, 2016. PhD student, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Linköping university, 2021-present. Research assistant, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, 2018-2021. Masters thesis, Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, 2018. Laboratory assistant, Gardner Lab of Neural Circuitry Formation, Boston University, 2013-2016. With DIS since 2025.
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