Monogamy, Sexual & Parent Behavior, Social Attachment, Oxytocin, Sex Hormones, Childhood Psychosis

About the Guests: Dr. Devanand Manoli is a psychiatrist & neuroscientist whose lab at University of California-San Francisco studies the neural basis of social behavior & attachment in prairie voles. As a psychiatrist, he also treats patients with childhood psychosis.

Episode Summary: Nick Jikomes talks to Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD about: the neural basis of pair bonding, monogamy, and parental & sexual behavior; oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone & estrogen; evolution of behavior; menopause & multigenerational parental care; childhood psychosis; and more.

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