Sentences with phrase «human pair bonding»

The variation in the V1aR gene, AVPR1A, also seems to contribute to differences in human pair bonding.

«It became clear to me that romantic love is a drive that evolved over millions of years to initiate human pair bonding and mating so as to ensure your DNA survives into the next generation».

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Because of the time it takes for a human child to grow up, pair - bonding seems to have been the norm in pre-agricultural societies.

Much of the available brain research takes place on animals that tend to mirror human patterns of forming pair bonds and co-parenting.

Sugar gliders can form very strong bonds with their human families, but as highly social animals they should live in pairs or small groups and must have a spacious enclosure, as well as a carefully monitored diet.

Humans seem to distinguish between having sex and creating a pair - bond, although for each we use the word mate

«Pair - bonding in voles is not exactly the same as in people, but we believe that it likely shares many of the underlying neural mechanisms as falling in love in humans,» says Liu.

And once you start pair bonding you open the door for all kinds of things, like extended childhood and more complex social interactions — all the kinds of things that humans do today.»

Some evolutionary theorists, including Desmond Morris, maintain that human female orgasm was adaptive because it helped cement the «pair - bond» between ancestral parents that was necessary to ensure the survival of vulnerable infants.

The biggest challenge of adopting puppy pairs is their tendency to bond very closely with each other, often to the exclusion of a meaningful relationship with their humans.

The goal of humane education is to teach respect and compassion for all living things, and our Caring Connections program does this by pairing youth and young adults with rescued animals to educate, promote healing, build strong human - animal bonds and promote successful pet adoptions.

To help heal the emotional wounds of military veterans by using the power of the human - animal bond to provide a second chance for shelter animals by rescuing, training and pairing them with America's servicemen and women who could benefit from having a companion animal.

Donations to the Association for Human - Animal Bond Studies go directly to help support our little critters and will help us to continue ourCritter Companions program for the Braille Institute and our Peace in Pairs pet therapy outreach program.

Donations to the Association for Human - Animal Bond Studies go directly to help support our little critters and will help us to continue our Critter Companions program for the Braille Institute and our Peace in Pairs pet therapy outreach program.

Compared to food and play, praise is a very weak positive reinforcer for most dogs, and often non-existent unless it has been deliberately paired with a primary reinforcer and / or the bond with the human is very strong.

Held in such prominent collections as Tate, London and the Art Institute of Chicago, the pair of lightbulbs speak not only of the powerful nature of human bonds and impermanence of life but also the chance for renewal.

Hence it is especially refreshing to encounter members of the discipline who are comfortable with both biologically influenced behavior patterns and the remarkable range of human cultural diversity, and who have the wit and wisdom to combine the two — consistencies in pair - bonding and adolescent sexual development and variations in the desirability of mates worldwide — rather than argue vociferously that either precludes the other.

Such pair bonds are a type of social bond that occurs in nearly all human societies.

To pair bond or not: The evolutionary psychological approach to human mating.

My research examines how these effects occur and whether the timeline of human evolution can generate predictions about when moderators of these effects will emerge (e.g., inter-group aggression, pair - bonding).

In sum, the results suggest sex - specific and more complex influences of OT on sympathetic and emotional reactivity in human pair - bonds than might be suggested by the neuropeptide's advertisement and perception in the public domain.