Understanding social hierarchies: The neural and psychological foundations of status perception

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 527-550

  Koski, Jessica E ^a   Xie, Hongling ^a   Olson, Ingrid R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dominance; Neural; Popularity; Status

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84945460249     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1013223     Document Type: Review

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