'Eavesdropping' and perceived male dominance rank in humans

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1203-1208

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Feinberg, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copying; Dominance; Faces; Intrasexual competition; Recognition; Social learning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PERCEPTION; RANKING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957721480     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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