Researchers show early life nurturing impacts later life relationships

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 10:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behaviour. 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 behaviour...

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