Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than the feeling of wanting company or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any form of meaningful human contact. Lonely people often experience a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world. One of the first recorded uses of the word "lonely" was in William Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
NEW YORK: Researchers in the United States have found that if people feel lonely, they can create a surrounding to keep them company by describing or seeing a pet as having human-like mental traits. According to lead researcher Prof Nicholas Epley of University of Chicago, "biological reproduction is not a very efficient way to alleviate one's loneliness, but you can make up people when you're motivated to do so.
"When people lack a sense of connection with other people, they are more likely to see their pets, gadgets or gods as human-like." In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after conducting three experiments to test their expectations that lonely people are more likely to make up for their lack of social connection by creating human-like connections with pets or gadgets, or to increase their belief in the supernatural.
In one experiment, the team found a correlation between how lonely people felt and their tendency to describe a gadget in terms of human-like mental states.
In another experiment, the team made people feel lonely in the laboratory by asking them to write about a time when they felt lonely or isolated. Under those circumstances, they were more likely to believe in the supernatural, whether it be God, angels or miracles.
"If we made them feel lonely, they were also more likely to describe a pet, even if it wasn't their own pet, as having human-like mental states that were related to social connection, like being more thoughtful, considerate and compassionate," the 'ScienceDaily' quoted Prof Epley. The study further revealed that not just any negative emotional state produces this effect. "It's something special about loneliness. Fear, for example, doesn't increase reported belief in God, or how people describe their pets," he said.
"Loneliness is painful to experience and potentially deadly. It's actually a greater risk for morbidity or mortality than smoking. Being lonely is a bad thing for you.
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NEW YORK: Researchers in the United States have found that if people feel lonely, they can create a surrounding to keep them company by describing or seeing a pet as having human-like mental traits. According to lead researcher Prof Nicholas Epley of University of Chicago, "biological reproduction is not a very efficient way to alleviate one's loneliness, but you can make up people when you're motivated to do so.
"When people lack a sense of connection with other people, they are more likely to see their pets, gadgets or gods as human-like." In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after conducting three experiments to test their expectations that lonely people are more likely to make up for their lack of social connection by creating human-like connections with pets or gadgets, or to increase their belief in the supernatural.
In one experiment, the team found a correlation between how lonely people felt and their tendency to describe a gadget in terms of human-like mental states.
In another experiment, the team made people feel lonely in the laboratory by asking them to write about a time when they felt lonely or isolated. Under those circumstances, they were more likely to believe in the supernatural, whether it be God, angels or miracles.
"If we made them feel lonely, they were also more likely to describe a pet, even if it wasn't their own pet, as having human-like mental states that were related to social connection, like being more thoughtful, considerate and compassionate," the 'ScienceDaily' quoted Prof Epley. The study further revealed that not just any negative emotional state produces this effect. "It's something special about loneliness. Fear, for example, doesn't increase reported belief in God, or how people describe their pets," he said.
"Loneliness is painful to experience and potentially deadly. It's actually a greater risk for morbidity or mortality than smoking. Being lonely is a bad thing for you.
For more details on Feeling lonely Treat pets as human visit www.halfvalue.com and www.halfvalue.co.uk For more information on books visit www.Lookbookstores.com
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