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. 2022 Jul 22:14:896218.
doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.896218. eCollection 2022.

Feelings of loneliness and isolation: Social brain and social cognition in the elderly and Alzheimer's disease

Rosalba Morese  1   2 , Sara Palermo  3   4
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Feelings of loneliness and isolation: Social brain and social cognition in the elderly and Alzheimer's disease

Rosalba Morese et al. Front Aging Neurosci. .

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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; elderly; loneliness; mental health; social brain; social cognition; social isolation; social neuroscience.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Theoretical model summarizing the relationships that exist between the dimensions of interest, the interactions between the individual and the social environment, and the dynamics of mutual interchange that affect the social cognition and social brain along the passage of time and the increasing age of the individual.
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