IV. Feeling understood
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- Morelli, S. A., Torre, J. B., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2014). The neural bases of feeling understood and not understood. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(12), 1890 to 1896. Feeling understood activates reward and social-connection regions (ventral striatum, middle insula). The implicated regions and any translation into a universal human need require caution.
- Reis, H. T., Lemay, E. P., & Finkenauer, C. (2017). Toward understanding understanding: The importance of feeling understood in relationships. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Volume, issue, and article details remain incomplete here.