Social Physiology: Human homeostasis is more efficient in social proximity.

Monia Masalha, Matan Cohen, Maayan Aloni, Einav Toledo, Ella Stahl, Diane Shachar, Or Eliav, Shai Fuchs, Shir Atzil

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Monia MasalhaDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0009-0005-1885-5167

Matan CohenDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5454-1994

Maayan AloniDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0009-0007-5039-9418

Einav ToledoDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0009-0003-4498-4232

Ella StahlDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Diane ShacharDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Or EliavDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Shai FuchsPaediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-7642-6556

Shir AtzilDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4074-6777

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Abstract

Physiological homeostasis is traditionally viewed as an individual process optimized through evolution to minimize the energetic costs of regulation. However, it remains unknown whether social proximity enhances the efficiency of homeostatic regulation, including in systems not traditionally viewed as socially sensitive. Glucose metabolism is one such system. In a set of preregistered experiments, we found that glucose homeostasis following a carbohydrate challenge is more efficient in a Social condition than an Alone condition, exhibiting lower perturbation amplitude and faster recovery (

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HomeostasisSocial BehaviorBody Temperature RegulationFemaleGlucoseHumansInfantGlucose

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PMID42777030

DOI10.1126/sciadv.aeg4937

PMCPMC13600219

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