Motherhood is a costly life‐history transition accompanied by behavioral and neural
plasticity necessary for offspring care. Motherhood in the monogamous prairie vole is …

Monogamous pair bonding has evolved to enhance reproductive success and ensure
offspring survival. Although the behavioral and neural mechanisms regulating the formation …

Attachment theorists have long recognized that multiple attachments characterize the typical
experience of most children. But an appreciation of attachment networks is new, and this …

Social bonds influence physiology and behavior, which can shape how individuals respond
to physical and affective challenges. Coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) offspring …

Parenting induces many neurological and behavioral changes that enable parents to rear
offspring. Vasopressin plays an important role in this process via its effects on cognition …

Highlights•Titi monkey dyads varied in their levels of affiliation.•Pregnancy predicted higher
levels of affiliation.•Aggression and infant presence did not significantly explain affiliation …

Social bonds are crucial to many animal species. To maintain these bonds, individuals must
be able to differentiate the identity of conspecifics. Pair-bonding primates, in general …

Some paired primates use complex, coordinated vocal signals to communicate within and
between family groups. The information encoded within those signals is not well understood …

A pair bond is a long-term social relationship between two unrelated individuals of the
opposite sex that persists outside of the breeding season. The strength of a pair bond is …

Hormonal contraception is an effective, reversible tool for managing birth rates in humans
and nonhuman animals alike. However, manipulating reproductive hormones has …