Why Do Voles Fall in Love?

Dr. Larry Young, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral science in Emory's School of Medicine, describes his research with one of the only monogamous vole species to better understand social bonding. Dr. Young is also a faculty member in the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and the Yerkes National Primate Center.

For more on Dr. Young, see http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/larry.html

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[BioChemicalMachine]

@happinesson Not sure what you mean by "love is still intergrated with science" but humans are biochemical machines. All emotions such as anger or love are rooted in the brain. Our understanding (neurological/biological) of how this happens can only be accomplished by science.

[happinesson]

Emotion involves human molecules! Love is still integrated with science.. So love is not purely emotion..come to think of it..

[bastardfingers]

Christ he needs to work on his diction.

Cute voles though.

[gsmonks]

I raise voles as pets- have done so for many years. I prefer them to mice in many ways, although mice have their charms. I just lost my oldest red-backed vole, who would have been three this October.

[gsmonks]

I raise voles as pets- have done so for many years. I prefer them to mice in many ways, although mice have their charms. I just lost my oldest red-backed vole, who would have been three this October.

[BlankParty]

I want to be a monogamous vole.

[oceanofwaves]

my daddy makes me happy

[SavvyAndJess]

Our dad loves me betterrr!!!!

[lehnabanana]

My daddy is so hot :-)