Title: Neural activity in freely behaving prairie voles
Abstract: The tendency of animals to interact with others and to live in groups is called sociality. Animals show sociality toward novel individuals, mates (partners), and offspring. Sociality toward novel individuals has been extensively studied. However, sociality with specific members of the opposite sex, such as spouses, has not been well studied. In particular, it is still unclear how the abstract concept of sociality with one's spouse is represented in the brain.