New research takes the concept of a “gut feeling” to a whole other level.

Wisdom is difficult to define,

There are those who we know are wise — Gandalf, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kermit the Frog — but why they are wise is more challenging to say. There’s no single, all-inclusive definition of wisdom, some scientists argue. But what they do know is one state of being has an inverse relationship to wisdom: loneliness.

Tanya Nguyen is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. She’s very interested in the evidence suggesting people who are deemed to be wiser are less prone to feel lonely, and those who are lonelier are less wise. She also studies the gut-brain axis, and how the relationship between the gut microbiome and the brain influences healthy aging.

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By Sarah SLOAT – 04/04/2021