The evolutionary roots of human dominance and aggression remain central to social and political behaviour, and without conscious intervention these primal survival drives will continue to fuel ...

To achieve their aims, some leaders combine dominance-seeking conduct, emotional manipulation, and unpredictability. These strategies, which are generally based on reward-driven decision-making and ...

The cholinergic interneurons were found to be involved in the loser effect, where mice became less dominant after losing competitions, moving down the social rankings. Surprisingly, these same brain ...