Songbird study tracks effects of hormones on neural responses to sounds
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 10:08
in Psychology & Sociology
Why is your mate's rendition of Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get it On' cute and sexy sometimes and so annoying at other times? A songbird study conducted by Emory University sheds new light on this question, showing that a change in hormone levels may alter the way we perceive social cues by altering a system of brain nuclei, common to all vertebrates, called the 'social behaviour network'...
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