Research-backed insights on loneliness, friendship, and how technology shapes the way we connect.
England now makes 1.3 million social prescribing referrals per year. A deep look at what controlled studies, systematic reviews, and a 12-country comparison reveal about whether this works.
Three meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials now exist on social media restriction. The results are real — and more complicated than either side of the debate wants to admit.
Your body treats loneliness as a physical emergency. From brain scans showing social pain to gene expression changes in immune cells, the biology of disconnection is more concrete than most people realize.
AI companion apps have surged 700% in three years, promising to ease loneliness. Multiple new studies — including a four-week MIT/OpenAI controlled trial — suggest the reality is far more complicated.
The numbers behind the loneliness epidemic, drawn from peer-reviewed studies and global health advisories.
Loneliness is one of the defining public health challenges of our time. The WHO has declared it a global priority. The data is alarming, but scattered across academic journals, government reports, and buried in news cycles.
YaraLoop exists to make this research accessible. We synthesize findings from psychology, neuroscience, and sociology into clear, actionable insights about how humans form connections and why so many are struggling to do so.
This is a research initiative by YaraCircle, a platform built on the science of friendship formation. The research we cover here directly informs how YaraCircle is designed.
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