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Jealousy circuit in your brain

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Marc Arginteanu
Aug 08, 2022
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Jealousy isn’t all bad. Without it, humans probably wouldn’t have evolved into a (mostly?) monogamous species. In 2017, Californian researchers might have discovered the brain circuit responsible for the green-eyed monster. 

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