Shared understanding and social connection: Integrating approaches from social psychology, social network analysis, and neuroscience.

Meaningfully connecting with others is critical to the well-being of individuals. What phenomena contribute to and stem from social connection? In this paper, we integrate emerging work that uses neuroimaging and social network analysis with theories that explore the links between shared reality and social connection. We highlight recent work suggesting that the extent to which people have aligned mental processing and shared subjective construals to those around them-as shown by neural similarity-is associated with both objective and subjective social connection.

Mindfulness effects on lifestyle behavior and blood pressure: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Aims: HTN affects nearly 50% of U.S. adults and is the leading modifiable cardiovascular risk factor.