Decoupling social status and status certainty effects on health in macaques: a network approach

JJ Vandeleest, BA Beisner, DL Hannibal, AC Nathman… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background Although a wealth of literature points to the importance of social factors on
health, a detailed understanding of the complex interplay between social and biological …

Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques

MA Pavez-Fox, JE Negron-Del Valle, IJ Thompson… - Physiology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social integration and social status can substantially affect an individual's health and
survival. One route through which this occurs is by altering immune function, which can be …

Social status alters immune regulation and response to infection in macaques

N Snyder-Mackler, J Sanz, JN Kohn, JF Brinkworth… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Social status is one of the strongest predictors of human disease risk and mortality, and it
also influences Darwinian fitness in social mammals more generally. To understand the …

The influence of social hierarchy on primate health

RM Sapolsky - science, 2005 - science.org
Dominance hierarchies occur in numerous social species, and rank within them can greatly
influence the quality of life of an animal. In this review, I consider how rank can also …

[HTML][HTML] Social inequalities in health in nonhuman primates

CA Shively, SM Day - Neurobiology of stress, 2015 - Elsevier
Overall health has been linked to socioeconomic status, with the gap between social strata
increasing each year. Studying the impact of social position on health and biological …

Dominance rank-associated gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons

AJ Lea, MY Akinyi, R Nyakundi… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
In humans and other hierarchical species, social status is tightly linked to variation in health
and fitness-related traits. Experimental manipulations of social status in female rhesus …

A multiplex centrality metric for complex social networks: sex, social status, and family structure predict multiplex centrality in rhesus macaques

B Beisner, N Braun, M Pósfai, J Vandeleest, R D'Souza… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Members of a society interact using a variety of social behaviors, giving rise to a multi-
faceted and complex social life. For the study of animal behavior, quantifying this complexity …

Social status predicts wound healing in wild baboons

EA Archie, J Altmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Social status can have striking effects on health in humans and other animals, but the
causes often are unknown. In male vertebrates, status-related differences in health may be …

Social rank and adult male nutritional status: Evidence of the social gradient in health from a foraging-farming society

V Reyes-Garcia, TW McDade, JL Molina… - Social Science & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Research with humans and non-human primate species has found an association between
social rank and individual health. Among humans, a robust literature in industrial societies …

Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

N Snyder-Mackler, JR Burger, L Gaydosh, DW Belsky… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND The social environment shapes human health, producing strong
relationships between social factors, disease risk, and survival. The strength of these links …