Neurobio of Social Motivation

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This course focuses on how the brain drives social interaction. Behaviors discussed include aggression, mating, parenting, and bonding. The course focuses on primary research in animal models, covering core and advanced techniques in neuroscience research that were used in pursuit of the discovery of specific neural circuits that drive specific social behaviors. Human social disorders and their underlying neural dysregulation are also discussed. Brain regions that control motivation and social interaction are conserved across species, and findings from animal models provides a deep understanding of the neural underpinnings of sociality in humans. Keywords: Social Neuroscience