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What Robots Can—and Can’t—Do for the Old and Lonely
It felt good to love again, in that big empty house. Virginia Kellner got the cat last November, around her ninety-second birthday, and now it’s always nearby. It keeps her company as she moves, bent over her walker, from the couch to the bathroom and back again. The walker has a pair of orange scissors hanging from the handlebar, for opening mail. Virginia likes the pet’s green eyes. She likes that it’s there in the morning, when she wakes up.
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People's odds of loneliness could fall by up to half if cities hit 30% green space targets
For the areas of cities with less than 10% green space, increasing that to 30% could cut the overall odds of residents becoming lonely by a quarter.
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Japan appoints Minister of Loneliness to tackle suicide rates
Following Britain's lead, Japanese government created an isolation/ loneliness countermeasures office in its cabinet on February 19 to counter issues like suicide and child poverty.
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Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.
The largest increases occurred in Slavic, Baltic, English-speaking and Latin American countries.
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What We Lose When We Don't Interact With Strangers
The proximity to other human beings, or the second-hand exposure to a smile or a nod, can be intoxicating. We don’t know Cecilia Pesao, but we know her love story. Pesao met a stranger on a train while traveling from Paris to Barcelona. The two flirted a bit, didn’t exchange numbers, found each other on Twitter, then lost touch. A version of this story was adapted on Modern Love this year (with frills, of course).
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Contact with nature in cities reduces loneliness, study shows
Contact with nature in cities significantly reduces feelings of loneliness, according to a team of scientists. Loneliness is a major public health concern, their research shows, and can raise a person’s risk of death by 45% – more than air pollution, obesity or alcohol abuse.
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Smokers become lonelier than non-smokers as they get older
Smokers may become more socially isolated and lonely than non-smokers as they get older, according to a new study co-led by UCL researchers that suggests the idea of smoking as a sociable pastime may be a myth.
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Loneliness before the age of twelve indirectly predicts alcohol-related problems in later life
New research provides evidence that individuals who had lonely childhoods tend to be more reactive to stress, which in turn makes them more susceptible to alcohol-related problems. The findings have been published in Addictive Behaviors Reports.
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Can isolation cure your loneliness?
Isolation and loneliness are often synonymously used words for depicting a grimmer and bleak emotion. Many individuals believe that isolation serves as a breeding ground for loneliness to mushroom, ultimately overpowering an individual’s emotions. But contrary to this notion, it is opined that embracing social isolation for a temporary period can help you at some times when you feel lonely. Though it may sound strange, the feeling of loneliness has nothing to do with isolation.
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Capitalism and Convenience are Making Us Lonely
As companies keep reducing the friction in our lives, are we happy trading convenience for human connection?
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Tired of being alone: How social isolation impacts on our energy
In a study conducted in the lab as well as during the COVID-19 lockdowns, participants reported higher levels of tiredness after eight hours of social isolation. The results suggest that low energy may be a basic human response to a lack of social contact. The study conducted at the University of Vienna and published in Psychological Science also showed that this response was affected by social personality traits of the participants.
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Impacts of YouTube on loneliness and mental health
Frequent users of YouTube have higher levels of loneliness, anxiety, and depression according to researchers from the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP).
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Men with higher levels of marital satisfaction have lower burnout risk
Workplace burnout is widespread and has a detrimental effect on employee performance, wellbeing, and the overall productivity of the organization. The literature contains numerous studies exploring the causes and mechanisms of workplace burnout; however, the role of personal relationships in this context has not received sufficient attention.
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