Scientists claim they can see how the brain express loneliness: report

The video discusses research on how loneliness affects brain patterns, specifically in the medial prefrontal cortex. Using FMRI, researchers at Dartmouth College studied 50 volunteers aged 18 to 47. They found that lonely individuals create different mental images of themselves and others compared to sociable individuals, whose brains process self and others similarly.

What part of the brain is linked to loneliness according to the research?

What method did the Dartmouth College research team use to study the brain?

What age range did the volunteers in the study fall into?

What did the scientists ask the subjects to think about during the brain scans?

How do the brain scans of lonely people differ from those of less lonely people when thinking about others?