My own brain is grounds for experiments I conduct.

After experiencing chronic loneliness for ~1.5-2 years during early university, I placed myself in different environments to answer, in a very cursory way, answers to questions I had about the science behind loneliness and the effects on brain chemistry and function. Supplemental questions around media, attention spans, and dopamine-reward cycles in worsening perceived loneliness also came to mind.

There were always fleeting feelings of solitude and solemn that couldn't be answered by pure observation. Some of these thoughts can be found in Long Form Thoughts.

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Key questions and areas of exploration:

• How does chronic loneliness affect the neural architecture of the brain, especially regions associated with social cognition and emotional regulation? How does this bleed into cognitive function and decision-making?

• Bridging cool tech advancements in neuroimaging technologies to better understand the brain's response to social isolation and loneliness

• How does the brain's default mode network (DMN) contribute to the rumination and negative thought patterns borne out of isolation?

• Using brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to measure impulses/indicators of thought patterns, hormone releases, electrochemical impulses (detection/mitigation/correlation/causation of affiliated mental health and neural health issues).