This about how mate selection changes the brains of male prairie voles features research by Assistant Professor of Psychology . He discovered that while single male prairie voles could recognize other males, all single females seemed to look and smell alike to them. After bonding with a mate, male prairie voles seemed to distinguish female prairie voles as individuals.
鈥淭here鈥檚 something about forming a pair bond that changes these male prairie voles鈥 ability to recognize others. So there鈥檚 sort of a change in cognitive capacity,鈥 says Ophir, who works in the field of behavioral and evolutionary neuroscience.
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