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Many other brain areas lit up as well, such as memory formation, information integration–in other words, areas associated with decision-making.

许多其他的大脑区域也被激活，比如记忆形成、信息整合——换句话说，与决策相关的区域。

Researchers are still studying the effect, but apparently¹ a lot more happens in a marmoset brain than a simple “have sex now” program.

研究人员仍在研究这种影响，但很明显，绒猴的大脑中发生的活动要比简单的“性行为”程序复杂得多。

The specific areas of brain activity suggest that the males are evaluating potential mates before agreeing to a sexual union.

大脑活动的特定区域暗示，雄性绒猴在性结合之前会评估潜在的交配对象。

This makes special sense for marmosets, because they are monogamous and both partners raise the offspring.

这对狨猴来说意义非凡，因为它们是“一夫一妻制”，配偶双方共同抚养后代。

Under those circumstances you wouldn't want to enter into a relationship without any thought.

在这种情况下，就不会不假思索地开始一段关系了。