In this workshop, participants will be introduced to principles borrowed from Behavioral Ecology that will aid understanding of how human relationships manage bodily resources. Chief among the resources managed by social proximity will be regions of the brain responsible for self-regulatory effort, such as the prefrontal cortex. We will also discuss the complexities of how proximity to our social resources changes the way our brain and body works. During the past decade, there have been many surprises with regard to the mechanisms linking social relationships to more robust health and well being.
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