The amygdala and the hippocampus play a role in learning social rank, while only the hippocampus is involved when learning non-social facts.
Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging and a videogame to determine the roles played by those parts of the brain.
They also discovered that people who are better at determining social hierarchy have more brain matter in the amygdala.
These findings may allow researchers to learn more about social disorders.
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Jim Underwood
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Um, are the social disorders referred to being aware of social rank or not being aware of it?
Robert Tony Brklje
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Likely that would really be on social speciality not social rank. The social rank is a distortion created by narcissism and psychopathy, basically a primitive throw back to breeding rights earnt via violence, males beating up competitors and raping breeders.
Social speciality relates more the the specialised roles of individuals within a social group. So tracking of specialised skills, who has those skills, who to associate with to develop those skills, aligning your innate abilities to develop specialised skills, contribution to the group via your specialised skills.
So a lot more complex than a pack of wild dogs or a mission of monkeys. With humans and larger tribes comes greater specialisation. Those who hunt, those who fish, those who carve canoes, medicine men, those who tend and harvest, weaver, tanners, elders and even the role of a child .