title: Temporal pairwise-correlation analysis provides empirical support for attention hierarchies in mice.
abstract: In many social hierarchies, more subordinate individuals adjust their behaviour according to the presence or behaviour of more dominant individuals. In this study, it is shown that male mice form linear dominance hierarchies characterized by individuals attacking in bursts. Temporal pairwise-correlation analysis reveals that non-dominant individuals avoid behaving aggressively concurrently with an aggressively behaving alpha male. This anti-correlation is only found with alpha males and is greater for more despotic alpha males. It is concluded that less dominant individuals modulate their aggressive behaviour in response to their social context, resulting in an attentional group structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA Center for Integrative Animal Behavior, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA jc3181@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: James P
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5546-007X
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Curley
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012930:Social Dominance; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: attention hierarchy; dominance hierarchy; social dominance; temporal dynamics