“Human social dynamics are obviously far more complex," said Hsu. "The boss in one household might be at the bottom of the social ranking at work, and dominance behavior will change depending on the ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...

The concept of social dominance is not a myth. A myth is an invented story. The concept of dominance has been, and remains, a very important one that has been misunderstood and misused, often by those ...

Even as children, we can quickly figure out who is the leader of the pack, who the "cool kids" are and who the bullies are. But the question of how the brain makes sense of social rank has been an ...

The cholinergic interneurons were found to be involved in the loser effect, where mice became less dominant after losing competitions, moving down the social rankings. Surprisingly, these same brain ...