News tagged with social dominance
Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
Psychologists at Harvard University have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The finding is presented ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Ravens console each other after fights
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study investigating the behavior of ravens has found strong evidence that after conflicts bystanders appear to console and relieve the distress of victims with whom they have a relationship, ...
May 18, 2010 |
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Lefty or Righty? A new hold on how we think
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you’re a lefty or righty, chances are you never thought your dominant hand played a role in the decisions you make. But what may seem as an unimportant trait might actually influence ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Bull elephants' social behavior varies with the rainfall
(PhysOrg.com) -- The lone bull elephant is an image as iconic to the African savanna as the lonesome cowboy on horseback is to the American West. Although female elephants form tightly knit groups guided ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Gorillas' right-handedness gives new clues to human language development
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study that has identified a right-handed dominance in gorillas may also reveal how tool use led to language development in humans.
May 20, 2011 |
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Bullying alters brain chemistry, leads to anxiety
(PhysOrg.com) -- Being low mouse on the totem pole is tough on murine self-esteem. It turns out it has measurable effects on brain chemistry, too, according to recent experiments at Rockefeller University. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2011 |
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High social rank comes at a price, researchers find
Being at the very top of a social hierarchy may be more costly than previously thought, according to a new study of wild baboons led by a Princeton University ecologist.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Male African cichlid fish go from 'zero to 60' when mating calls, researchers find (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In African cichlid fish society, only the dominant male reproduces. But Stanford researchers have found that if the dominant male disappears, a subordinate cichlid can rise to the procreative ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring
(PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring
(PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Being a standout has its benefits, study shows
Standing out in a crowd is better than blending in, at least if you're a paper wasp in a colony where fights between nest-mates determine social status.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo
There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Study links testosterone with men's ability to 'woo' potential mates
Theories have long proposed that testosterone influences competition among males trying to attract females. Findings from a recent study at Wayne State University give a clearer understanding of the links between testosterone ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 11, 2011 |
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'Mean' girls and boys: the downside of adolescent relationships
Psychology researchers exploring relational aggression and victimisation in 11-13 year olds have found adolescent boys have a similar understanding and experience of 'mean' behaviours and 'bitchiness' as girls.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2010 |
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