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# Finding the buzz in the brain
[The default mode network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network) is one of the first hits I got when looking for mPFC and PFC activation, after seeing they were highly correlated ([here](https://neurosynth.org/analyses/terms/pcc/)).
# Why is social support protecting?
> The Relationship Between Social Support and Processes: A Review With Emphasis on Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Health (1996)
Some positive effects of social support on cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems.
+ Health-related behaviors and these associations
+ Stress-buffering
+ Familial sources of support may be important
+ Emotional support is at least one dimension of social support
## Previous research
+ Socially isolated individuals get sick and die more often
# Social isolation $\to$ lower Ab responses?
> Loneliness, Social Network Size, and Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in College Freshmen (2005)
+ Daily digital diaries for 2 weeks (starting 2 days prevaccination)
+ "Ecological momentary assessments"
+ Salivary cortisol for 5 days prevaccination
+ 3.5 months of biweekly postvaccination questionairres
+ Ab levels measured at vaccination, 1 month after, and 4 months after
# Immune and endocrine, stigmatization and pride
> Perceived Stigmatization, Ingroup Pride, and Immune and Endocrine Activity: Evidence From a Community Sample of Black and Latina Women (2013)
[Collective self-esteem scale](https://faculty.psy.ohio-state.edu/crocker/lab/documents/CSEscale_general_version.pdf)
# Neural Responses
> From Neural Responses to Population Behavior: Neural Focus Group Predicts Population-Level Media Effects (2012)
(they love the word *orthogonal*, presumably meaning unrelated) -- in a study orthogonal to the present one.
+ Correlating call volume to 1-800-QUIT-NOW to neural activation in their ROI depending on ads presented
+ Overall neural activity across all ads "predicted" (correlated with) smoking reduction after watching, beyond self-reports
+ 31 participants, heavy smokers who really wanted to quit
+ Wide age, ethnicity, socioeconomic diversity
+ Mean neural activity in MPFC ROI rated C > B > A, while experts and participants put C last.
+ C > B > A was also more frequent individually than by chance (33%)
+ B > A > C was most frequent in self-reports
+ The neural ordering was confirmed by the % increase in call volume