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PAGE 12 The Brain on Love

Part 1
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is a neurotransmitter?

2. What are the three main parts of a neuron?

3. How do neurons communicate?

4. What brain activities does the cerebral cortex control?

5. What are the three stages of love?

6. What makes prairie voles a good model for studying pair-bonding?

Part 2
Directions: Use information from the article to defend or dispute the statements below.
1. Most mammal species pair-bond for life.

2. Montane voles never form pair-bonds.

3. Oxytocin is an important neurotransmitter in both male and female humans; it is released when one person emotionally
bonds with another.

4. Some males’s receptors bind vasopressin better than other males’ receptors do.

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