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How your cat is making you crazy

By Research Advancement • Mar 8, 2012 • Research In The News•   

Chris Reiber, a biomedical anthropologist at Binghamton, tells The Atlantic that the flu virus might boost our desire to socialize. It’s one of several theories in a piece devoted to parasites and their effect on behavior.

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