Article: What Four Recent Research Studies On The Brain Have Revealed Concerning: (1)How Social Status Affects The Brain; (2) How Eye Drops May Be An Alternate To A Brain Biopsy; (3) How Insomnia And Depression Affect Each Other, And (4) How Brain Pathways Affect Consumer Behavior

Article: The brain is 'hard-wired' to care about social status
The Hindustan Times;  April 24, 2008 ;     691 words ......hard-wired to care about social status. Scientists based...after identifying a brain circuitry associated with social status through functional...found that different brain areas are activated...have shown that social status strongly predicts...high value accorded ...

Article: Lowly status proves infectious in monkeys. (social status linked to susceptibility to infection in macaque monkeys)(Brief Article)
Science News;  June 21, 1997 ;     555 words ......Medicine. However, animals with lower social status were at higher risk than high social status animals. Macaques provide a good animal...membership throughout the study. Rankings of social status for each monkey depended on the animal...

Article: Employees' social status in Iranian public and governmental organisations: effect of individual, organisational, and social factors.
Singapore Management Review;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Employees' social status has strong influences on employees...research projects on employees' social status, very few studies have focused...social factors on the employees' social status in Iranian public and governmental...

Article: Most Thais view economic and social status still unchanged: Poll
Xinhua News Agency;  December 9, 2002 ;     244 words ...Most Thais view economic and social status still unchanged: Poll BANGKOK, Dec...Most Thais view their economic and social status remains unchanged five years after...residents on Dec. 6 on economic and social status of people since the Constitution 1997...

Article: Education, Social Status and Health.(Book Review)
Social Forces;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Education, Social Status and Health By John Mirowsky and Catherine...51.95 (cloth), $25.95 (paper) Education, Social Status and Health provides an informative look at how social status influences health in the United States today...

Article: Factors influencing the social status of children with mild academic disabilities in regular classrooms.
Exceptional Children;  December 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......without disabilities, and enhancing the social status of the students with disabilities with...Investigations of the behavioral correlates of social status among students without disabilities...evidence for a social skills theory of social status (Asher & Hymel, 1981; Coie &...

Article: Teacher reports of social behavior and peer acceptance in early childhood: sex and social status differences.
Child Study Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......investigate the relation between sex, social status and social behavior in a sample of...emerged as an important predictor of social status for children in middle childhood however...little is known about the correlates of social status in the preschool years. Additionally...

Article: Factors affecting the social status of Australian young adults.
The Journal of Social Psychology;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......defined by ethnicity, gender, and social status - and measure of students' learning...significant variations in gender and social status within the ethnic groups, however...measures in the earlier studies and the social status of the same research participants...

Article: Attitude Towards Artwork in the Israeli Kindergarten and the Reproduction of Social Status
Studies in Art Education;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......plays in the reproduction theory of social status. This micro-ethnographic field research...according to the children's specific social status. The acquiescence of all concerned...kindergarten and the reproduction of social status. The aim of the research is to examine...

Article: Women's status, fertility decline, and women's health in developing countries: Direct and indirect influences of social status on health
Rural Sociology;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Direct and Indirect Influences of Social Status on Health* ABSTRACT In the present...fertility mediate the effect of women's social status on women's health as measured by infant...provide strong evidence that women's social status makes direct contributions to women...

Article: Temperament and peer acceptance in early childhood: Sex and social status differences.
Child Study Journal;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......investigate the relation between sex, social status and temperament in a sample of preschool-ag...towards children's social competence and social status within the peer group has stemmed from...relationship between temperament, sex and social status has not been explored fully with ...

Article: SOCIAL STATUS OF SENIOR TALENTS RUNS UP
AsiaInfo Services;  January 21, 2002 ;     217 words ...00-00-0000 Social Status of Senior Talents Runs up CHINA...Unprecedented head- hunting war raises the social status of high-terminal talents. The position...are the hottest talents. Their social status runs up increasingly. They are...

Article: Bottega Veneta Tops Social Status Poll.(Brief article)
WWD;  June 16, 2008 ;     248 words ......designer brands accorded the highest social status by affluent consumers. Bottega is subtle...Calvin Klein, which was number 25 on the social status scale.) As for other brands on the social status list, Valentino was ranked second...

Article: Surprise 'social status' finding in rape study.(Briewe)
South African Medical Journal;  June 1, 2007 ;     673 words ......reported situation is due to the higher social status of the mothers in a society that has...why young men from families of higher social status would engage more frequently than their...hzntl.gov.za (1.) Bateman C. Surprise 'social status' finding in rape study. S Afr Med J...