Social Neuroscience and Evolution

The neurobiology of friendship

We study the neurobiological pathways that support selective social relationships in prairie voles and meadow voles that form specific and selective platonic attachments to peers ('peer relationships').

Comparative neurobiology of sociality

We study factors underlying the differential formation of social groups within species (across seasons and development), as well as across species in a phylogenetic context.

Additional research areas include stress and social behavior, sex bias in  research subject use, and how early life exposures/experiences shape development of behavior.