LSSP2017
Oct. 10, 2017
Being friendly can payoff
Dr. Brian Hare speaks about how friendliness and natural selection are connected at the 13th annual LSSP symposium, The Science of Love. | photo by Roger Meissen Hare explains survival of the friendliest as component of natural selection By Allison Scott Dogs really are a man’s best friend if you ask Brian Hare. Our four-legged friends are a direct result of chance coupled with domestication. And over the course of hundreds of years, that domestication has led to deep bonds between humans and dogs. “You love your dog, physiologically, the same way as your…
Oct. 9, 2017
Forming a bond
Dr. Larry Young opens the second day of The Science of Love. | photo by Roger Meissen Larry Young explores chemicals behind monogamy in prairie voles, humans By Allison Scott Upon first glance, it wouldn’t seem that humans and small rodents have that much in common. However, Larry Young extensively studies the prairie vole because their desire to mate for life. “Prairie voles mate for life,” Young said. “That’s very unusual, in fact, only three to five percent of mammals do this.” This commonality between the small mammal and humans allows Young to relate…
Oct. 7, 2017
Balancing lust, romance and attachment
Dr. Helen Fisher opens the 13th annual LSSP symposium, The Science of Love, on Friday, Oct. 6. | photo by Allison Scott Helen Fisher delves into the relationships we choose and why in our digital age By Allison Scott | Bond Life Sciences Center We might not understand what drives us to establish and maintain romantic relationships, but Helen Fisher has made her living trying to figure it out. The romantic love expert spoke Friday, October 6, in Bond LSC about the neurological reasons behind why humans behave the way they do. “Romantic love…