The neurobiology of stress and the neurobiology of social behavior are deeply intertwined.
The social environment interacts with stress on almost every front: social interactions can be …

Unlike most mammalian species, the prairie vole is highly affiliative, forms enduring social
bonds between mates and displays biparental behavior. Over two decades of research on …

In The Brain's Body Victoria Pitts-Taylor brings feminist and critical theory to bear on new
development in neuroscience to demonstrate how power and inequality are materially and …

In recent decades, scientific understanding of the many roles of oxytocin (OT) in social
behavior has advanced tremendously. The focus of this research has been on maternal …

Despite its well-described role in female affiliation, the influence of oxytocin on male
pairbonding is largely unknown. However, recent human studies indicate that this …

Environmental change poses challenges to many organisms. The resilience of a species to
such change depends on its ability to respond adaptively. Social flexibility is such an …

Simple Summary Being in love is a powerful emotional experience that is uniquely human;
however, animal models of pair bonding provide insights into the neurobiological processes …

Individual variation in social behavior seems ubiquitous, but we know little about how it
relates to brain diversity. Among monogamous prairie voles, levels of vasopressin receptor …

Previously, it was widely believed that each species has a specific social organization, but
we know now that many species show intraspecific variation in their social organization …

Alloparenting, defined as care provided by individuals other than parents, is a universal
behavior among humans that has shaped our evolutionary history and remains important in …