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

In the past few decades, sex differences in spatial cognition have often been attributed to
adaptation in response to natural selection. A common explanation is that home range size …

When an individual ascends in dominance status within their social community, they often
undergo a suite of behavioural, physiological and neuromolecular changes. While these …

Alterations in behaviour can arise through a number of factors, including strain and sex.
Here, we explored strain and sex differences between Long–Evans (LER) and Wistar (WR) …

Some hippocampally-influenced affective and/or cognitive processes decline with aging.
The role of androgens in this process is of interest. Testosterone (T) is aromatized to …

This paper details how chemical communication is affected by ecological challenges such
as finding mates. I list several conditions that affect the decision to attract mates, the decision …

Dominant individuals differ from subordinates in their performances on cognitive tasks
across a suite of taxa. Previous studies often only consider dyadic relationships, rather than …

The way in which female mate choice, scramble competition and contest competition for
mates interact to influence the evolution of male traits is poorly understood. We tested …

Social hierarchy is associated with various phenotypes. Although memory is known to be
important for hierarchy formation, the difference in memory abilities between dominant and …

Introduction Many animals use information acquired from recent experiences to modify their
responses to new situations. Animals' decisions in contests also depend on their previous …