Yerkes researchers show early life nurturing impacts later life relationships
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 13:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior. By influencing early social experience in prairie voles, researchers hope to gain greater insight into what aspects of early social experience drive diversity in adult social behavior.