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MUMBAI: We are wired to connect. We are wired to give and receive warm fuzzies. We are starved for what psychiatrist Edward Hallowel calls a Human Moment. The human moment, he says, has begun to disappear from modern life and we all may be about to discover the destructive power of its absence. When we don?t get enough human moments, our bodies pick this up and we begin to lose a sense of wellbeing. As techno-creep advances insidiously into every area of our life, we need the antidote of face-to-face connection. Of touch, of a hug, of eye contact. And of someone paying you full attention when you are with them. When was the last time that ever happened to you?
Watch Simran Bhargava in conversation with Daniel Goleman, Psychologist from Harvard University. His recent work zeroes into exciting new areas of social neuroscience, and how our brain circuitry is designed to make us connect with others
