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The impact of social subordination on stress reactivity and cognitive abilities in CD-1 outbred mice
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The impact of social subordination on stress reactivity and cognitive abilities in CD-1 outbred mice
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ETD_2744
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000056281
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eng
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theses
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Psychology
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Stress (Physiology)
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Mice--Effect of stress on
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Cognitive learning
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Cognition in animals
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Social perception
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Imposed social subordination, such as that acquired through defeat or alienation, has been shown to negatively impact cognitive performance in both human and animal populations. In the present study we examined whether domain-specific and/or domain- general learning abilities (c.f. general intelligence) are differentially influenced by the imposition of social subordination. Further, we examined whether any observable differences in learning abilities were the direct result of subordination or if they represented deficits which are intrinsically expressed in individuals that are innately disposed to subordination. Subordinate and dominant behaviors were assessed in two groups of CD-1 male mice. In one group (IMP), social stratification occurred prior to the assessment of learning abilities, while in a second group (INN), this assessment occurred after learning abilities were measured. Domain-specific learning abilities were measured as performance on individual learning tasks while domain-general learning abilities were measured as the aggregate performance across a battery of learning tasks. We found that the imposition of subordination decreases exploratory tendencies and to some degree affects domain-specific learning performance. However, the most staggering results came in our analysis of general learning abilities whereby we observed that subjects who assumed a submissive role prior to the assessment of cognitive function were severely impaired. Similar decrements were not seen in subjects that were determined to be subordinate after learning had been assessed. The latter finding indicates that absent the imposition of subordination, individuals with subordinate tendencies do not demonstrate learning impairments. This observation could have important ramifications for those who suffer bullying in school or workplace settings.
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by Danielle C. Colas
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Danielle
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Danielle Colas
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Matzel
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Louis D.
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Tracey J.
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Rutgers University
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2010
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2010-10
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ETD doctoral
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Open
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Colas
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Danielle
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2010-05-28 10:23:54
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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