It's Good to Be the King: Neurobiological Benefits of Higher Social Standing

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Akinola, Modupe ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

performance; psychophysiology; social status; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890754288     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613485604     Document Type: Article

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