Behavioral traits that define social dominance are the same that reduce social influence in a consensus task
M. Rodriguez-Santiago, P. Nuehrenberg, J. Derry, O. Deussen, F. Francisco, L. K. Garrison, S. F. Garza, H. Hofmann, A. L. Jordan
The paper shows that behavioral traits associated with social dominance in cichlid fish reduce their social influence in complex consensus tasks, while subordinate males are more effective in driving social change.
bioRxiv · Jan 5, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition