Social psychologists have observed in research studies that men in monogamous relationships rate pictures of models they have never met as significantly more attractive than their own mates. What neuroscientific phenomenon might contribute to men's ratings?
A. activity in the ventromedial hypothalamus
B. testosterone protection of cells in the sexually dimorphic nucleus
C. oxytocin release by the paraventricular nucleus
D. dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens
Answer: D
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