New neuroscience research suggests support-dependent modulation of responses to social exclusion. Social support can change the way we perceive an unpleasant situation, but some types of support seem more effective than others. An international team of researchers led by Giorgia Silani from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna, has shown that negative feelings and brain responses are modulated by the type of social support we receive after being socially excluded. The results of the study were recently published in the scientific journal "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN)". Social exclusion threatens the human need for social interactions, with negative consequences on cognition, affect, and behavior. Social pain responses, that are situationally appropriate, such as feeling angry or avoiding a group after being rejected, may lead to less effective coping and long term social isolation. Understanding the mechanisms that can alleviate these negative consequences has become an important research target over the past years.
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