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15 July 2011

Hustle and Flow --- Life's Hard at the Top for Baboons

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Male baboons get stressed when they are alpha .... much better to be a little less central and enjoy life a little more! I love this research .... social neuroscience in action (at least, in baboons!).


Here's the research from SCIENCE. My buddy, Katie Faust, who knows about baboon networks, tells me that this is only true for male baboons .... the girls have more stable hierarchies and don't get as stressed when their centrality increases!

Posted by Stan Wasserman at July 15, 2011 4:22 PM