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...again and again - and wanting to seek out the person that you're having that lovely experience with again and again. So at some point, the love circuits and the sex circuits get gradually bound together. The sexual part of that experience gets more and more attached to that [particular] female, and gradually merges with that circuitry and identifies that person as "the one." Not all men get that, as we know, but the majority of men do. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Male Brain: More Complex Than You Think | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...talk about the ones who don't. You say that one gene in particular - which scientists first started studying in voles - may play a role in infidelity. It's called the vasopressin receptor gene. The prairie vole, which is monogamous, bonds with one female for life, even if he's presented with other, fertile females. His cousin, the montane vole, is kind of a hit-and-run guy. He doesn't stick around at all. Scientists found that the montane vole had a short version of the vasopressin receptor gene, and the monogamous one had a long version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Male Brain: More Complex Than You Think | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...particular boon for the Crimson was the home-field advantage, allowing all team members, their families, and the Harvard community to attend the event and support the athletes...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Cut Above | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Whatever the outcome of the particular battles over constitutional powers and various court cases, what remains clear is that Justice Chaudhry, while holding an office that is ostensibly above politics, will remain in the thick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Chief Justice Takes on its Political Class | 3/27/2010 | See Source »

...particular, sophomore Lauren Ianni has been crucial for the Crimson, proving to be an invaluable scout team player...

Author: By David E. Lopez-Lengowski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Key Pair of Weekend Games Lies Ahead | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

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