A new article provides a narrative review of the relevant similarities and distinctions between nonhumans and humans to assess the causes and consequences of winner and loser effects in humans.
When the researchers silenced them, “loser” mice no longer accepted their subordinate position in later encounters – but winning still reinforced dominance. Essentially, different brain circuits were ...
The "loser effect" - which causes animals to shy away from violence after losing a fight - evolves independently of any change in fighting ability, new research suggests. Scientists studied male broad ...
Marquerite Herzog, a biology doctoral student at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to study the molecular ...
Research has shown that in many animals, the winners of a fight are more likely to win subsequent contests, while the losers tend to lose their following fights. In experiments where male stickleback ...
The 'loser effect' -- which causes animals to shy away from violence after losing a fight -- evolves independently of any change in fighting ability, new research suggests. The "loser effect" -- which ...
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