How ‘winner and loser effects’ impact social rank in animals—and humans
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research has shown that in many animals, the winners of a fight are more likely to win subsequent contests, while the losers tend to lose their following fights. In experiments where male stickleback fish were randomly introduced to another fish, 65% of the winning fish won the second match, while all
Yuri Ramage
August 20, 2024