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Social disconnection in the brain: loneliness and age across networks using graph theory.

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  1. [1] § Methods › Loneliness and age – Graph-based brain functional connectivity statistical analysis ↔ fmri_stats_palm.m, the whole file · a weak match · score 0.95 · Exchangeability blocks, FWE corrected, Linear Models, MoCA, FSL, PALM
  2. [2] § Methods › Resting-state functional connectivity graph theoretical based measures ↔ fmri_network_analysis_absedges.py, lines 4–44 · score 0.86 · edge weight, graph metrics, eigenvector centrality, closeness centrality, clustering coefficient, participation coefficient
  3. [3] § Methods › Resting-state functional connectivity graph theoretical based measures ↔ fmri_network_analysis_negedges.py, lines 4–52 · score 0.82 · graph metrics, eigenvector centrality, closeness centrality, clustering coefficient, participation coefficient, functional connections
  4. [4] § Results › Loneliness and graph-based brain functional connectivity measures ↔ fmri_stats_palm.m, the whole file · a weak match · score 0.73 · age interaction, MoCA, marital status, clustering coefficient, GMV, linear
  5. [5] § Methods › MRI data acquisition and preprocessing ↔ behav_preproc_recode_variables.Rmd, lines 93–110 · score 0.59 · High motion frame, preprocessing, FD, fMRI
  6. [6] § Methods › Resting-state fMRI functional connectivity matrix construction ↔ fmri_network_analysis_posedges.py, lines 4–48 · score 0.53 · Cole Anticevic, functional connectivity, matrix, scan, fMRI, correlation
  7. [7] § Results › Age and graph-based brain functional connectivity measures ↔ fmri_network_analysis_negedges.py, lines 4–52 · score 0.52 · normalized strength, Clustering Coefficient, Participation Coefficient, global, nodal, shortest

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Authors: Yen-Wen Chen1, Turhan Canli1,2
ORCID iDs: Yen-Wen Chen
  1. Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, West Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, United States
  2. Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, East Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101, United States
Institutions: Stony Brook University (United States)
Journal: Oxford open neuroscience, volume 5, article kvag006
Dates: received 18 May 2026; accepted 20 June 2026; published online 17 July 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1093/oons/kvag006 · PMID 42582864 · PMCID PMC13458596 · OpenAlex W7169524193
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: fMRI (modality), computational (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Connectivity, Graphs
Keywords: loneliness, aging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, resting-state functional connectivity, graph theory
Topic: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 114 references in the paper

Abstract

Loneliness, conceptualized as a multi-dimensional construct of unmet social needs, has been linked to adverse health outcomes across the lifespan, prompting significant interest in its underlying neural processes. Our study aimed to address the limitations of prior neuroimaging studies of loneliness by leveraging the Lifespan Human Connectome Project Aging dataset and applying graph theory to characterize its relationship with age and resting-state brain network organization. Socio-demographic measures confirmed prior work that higher loneliness was associated with younger age, being male, unmarried, and living alone. While loneliness showed no main effects on neural graph measures, a significant interaction between loneliness and age emerged for the local interconnectivity of the Default Model and Frontoparietal networks after adjusting for key socio-demographic factors. Conversely, older age was associated with lower functional connectivity, reduced global efficiency, and less modular brain network organization. Different graph measures showed distinct age-related associations, highlighting the heterogeneous nature of brain aging. The absence of a main effect of loneliness, while unexpected, underscores the complex, subjective nature of loneliness and suggests that its neural correlates may manifest differently across ages.

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Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in the Lifespan Human Connectome Project. Data collection and sharing for the Lifespan Human Connectome Project Aging was supported by the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U01AG052564 and by funds provided by the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis. The HCP-Aging 2.0 Release data used in this report came from DOI: 10.15154/1520707 (https://doi.org/10.15154/1520707). Data and/or research tools used in the preparation of this manuscript were obtained from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive (NDA). NDA is a collaborative informatics system created by the National Institutes of Health to provide a national resource to support and accelerate research in mental health. Dataset identifier(s): 10.15154/g2tv-f889 (https://doi.org/10.15154/g2tv-f889). This manuscript reflects the views of the authors and may not reflect the opinions or views of the NIH or of the Submitters submitting original data to NDA.

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Chen, Y.-W., & Canli, T. (2026). Social disconnection in the brain: loneliness and age across networks using graph theory. Oxford open neuroscience, 5, kvag006. https://doi.org/10.1093/oons/kvag006

BibTeX

@article{chen2026social,
author = {Chen, Yen-Wen and Canli, Turhan},
title = {{Social disconnection in the brain: loneliness and age across networks using graph theory}},
journal = {Oxford open neuroscience},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
volume = {5},
pages = {kvag006},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
issn = {2753-149X},
doi = {10.1093/oons/kvag006},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/oons/kvag006},
pmid = {42582864},
pmcid = {PMC13458596}
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