Togetherness Relieves Stress in Prairie Voles

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 09:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Many people feel anxious in crowds. But not so for prairie voles. When these mouse-like creatures live in close quarters, they are less stressed out, researchers report in the January issue of the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology. The study is part of a larger field of research on how social stresses such as crowding […]

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