The financial crisis provided a stark example of how interconnected the financial system is. Since then, researchers have developed several ways to monitor patterns of connectedness within the banking ...

Social isolation is a serious public health problem, with health impacts equivalent to those of chronic smoking or alcohol consumption. It has links to depression, poor sleep, accelerated cognitive ...

We are profoundly social creatures. At the root of all of our desires is a need to be loved and to belong. A sense of social connection is one of our fundamental human needs and it impacts our mental ...

Most people intuitively know that connecting and interacting with others is important. For instance, 61% of adult Americans say that having close friends is vital to living a fulfilled life. Some 53% ...