Heartbreakers: What Can Voles Teach Us About Monogamy?
1,418 views · Published 15 May 2017 · 9:33 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR · 2017 · Entertainment
Could our genes affect our romantic choices? Does love inhabit a particular region of the brain? If this song makes us too sad to drive straight, why are we playing it on repeat? Rapper and essayist Dessa hosts "Heartbreakers" - a four-event collision of art, music and scientific research on love, sex and human adventures in pair-bonding. Behavioral neuroscientist Allison Anacker joined us to explain how research on voles might reveal a genetic basis for monogamy in humans, and how booze affects it. Watch the full show and learn more about the series: http://wny.cc/3nJT30bKgMs
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