Here are some of the research-backed benefits of social connection: A new report looked at who is lonely and how Americans reach out for support across different genders and ages.

Studies of animals and people experiencing isolation have identified several brain structures that appear to be affected by a lack of social interaction. Although these studies can’t identify causal ...

Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton. "Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending." ...

Like sugar, a little bit of social connection is nourishing. But too much, too fast, in too processed a form? That’s where we begin to break down. This is the basis of social diabetes ...

Even Facebook and Twitter don't typically refer to themselves as social networks -- at least not exclusively that. A newly released infographic might just help us grasp the social media landscape ...