Individuals occupying dominant and subordinate positions in social hierarchies exhibit
divergent behaviours, physiology and neural functioning. Dominant animals express higher …

Responding appropriately to changing conditions is crucial in dynamic environments.
Individual variation in the flexibility of physiological mediators of phenotype may influence …

How environmental and physiological signals interact to influence neural circuits underlying
developmentally programmed social interactions such as male territorial aggression is …

Epigenetic mechanisms are implicated in the processes through which social stressors
erode health in humans and other animals. Here I review progress in elucidating the …

Understanding how the brain implements social behavior on one hand, and how social
processes feedback on the brain to promote fine-tuning of behavioral output according to …

Most biomedical research is performed using a very limited number of “model” species. In
part, this has resulted from a combination of full genomes, manipulation of genes, and short …

Modelling complex social behavior in the laboratory is challenging and requires analyses of
dyadic interactions occurring over time in a physically and socially complex environment. In …

Social hierarchies are ubiquitous in social species and profoundly influence physiology and
behavior. Androgens like testosterone have been strongly linked to social status, yet the …

Social animals live in complex physical and social environments requiring them to attend
and rapidly respond to social and environmental information by changing their behavior. A …

Group-living animals must adjust the expression of their social behaviour to changes in their
social environment and to transitions between life-history stages, and this social plasticity …