Page | 26 to others are weakening and to motivate influences of gravity or magnetic flux. the repair and maintenance of the In the cases of team and school spirit, connections to others that are needed for this influence represents a specific form our health and well being as for the of social connection between an survival of our genes (27). Physical pain individual and an emergent structure. is an aversive signal that evolved to ‘ : , . . Perceived social connections are motivate one to take action that . . . ; abstractions that can transcend time and minimizes damage to one’s body. . . . - space. People may feel a connection Loneliness is an aversive signal that : : : . . . with their ancestors or family heritage evolved to motivate one to take action , -_ i. ; . even if they are the only remaining that minimizes damage to one’s social : ‘ descendant, just as people can perceive body. . . personal connections with pets, cars, People differ dispositionally in television characters, celebrities, and their sensitivity to the pain of social unseen spiritual entities with whom they disconnection (1.e., feelings of do not actually interact. A potent loneliness; 28) just as people differ in component of spirituality (that does not sensitivity to physical pain. Ostracism depend on a specific religion) is the or objective isolation in most species is feeling of connection and purpose that associated with an early death (29). In come from forming a relationship with a humans, the chronic feeling of social higher being. A simple byproduct of our isolation, even when the person remains selfish genes and social brains may be among the protective embrace of others, our search for meaning in and is associated with significant mental and connection with broader organizations or physical disorders (30). Chronic hunger, beings. thirst, and pain can also have deleterious ' . . . . Conclusion effects for, like loneliness, their adaptive a value lies in their effects as acute In 1939