Motivational processes underlie behaviors that enrich the human experience, and
impairments in motivation are commonly observed in psychiatric illness. While motivated …

The human social brain is complex. Current knowledge fails to define the neurobiological
processes underlying social behaviour involving the (patho-) physiological mechanisms that …

Depression is associated with social risk factors, social impairments and poor social
functioning. This paper gives an overview of these social aspects using the NIMH Research …

Close relationships play a vital role in human health, but much remains to be learned about
specific mechanisms of action and potential avenues for intervention. This article provides …

This study explores 328 mobile daters'(63% females; 86% heterosexuals) experiences with
ghosting, using both open-and close-ended questions. First, we used thematic analysis to …

The size of human social networks significantly exceeds the network that can be maintained
by social grooming or touching in other primates. It has been proposed that endogenous …

Research on the neural substrates of drug reward, withdrawal and relapse has yet to be
translated into significant advances in the treatment of addiction. One potential reason is that …

Drawing on the conservation of resources and job-demands resource theories, this study
proposes and tests psychological distress as an underlying mechanism mediating the …

Current theories suggest that physical pain and social rejection share common neural
mechanisms, largely by virtue of overlapping functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Over our evolutionary history, humans have faced the problem of how to create and maintain
social bonds in progressively larger groups compared to those of our primate ancestors …