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The human need for sociality is fundamental to our emotional and physical health and, of course, essential for the propagation of our species. Social neuroscience has already provided substantial research supporting the biological underpinnings of our mental health, and it is worth noting that one of our most prominent social neuroscientists, John Cacioppo, is also one of our leading researchers in the psychology of affiliation and loneliness (Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008). Among the many insights that this body of research has provided is the way in which brain activation associated with the pain of social rejection resembles that related to physical pain (see Chapter 9).