Priming men with different contest outcomes modulates their dominance perceptions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-543

  Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; dominance; fighting experience; within sex competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859516944     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr221     Document Type: Article

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