Last year, everyone had it on their desks, in their hands between classes—they wanted others to see it. Now, some of my friends are embarrassed to hold it in public. Other brands, like Lululemon, are ...

Scientists say their study could shed light on stress-related mental illnesses but that more research is needed. Can an individual's social status have an impact on their level of stress? Researchers ...

Women who see themselves as having lower social status are more likely than other people to show early signs of heart stress linked to future disease risk, according to a new study led by researchers ...

Recent analysis of psychological literature indicates that racial bias in childhood is driven by more than just a preference for those who look similar to oneself. A review of existing research ...

Social status is very important. Most people will make considerable efforts to improve their status. But what exactly is status? How does it relate to roles? We'll see that role and status are two ...

As humans, we are constantly navigating social status, using subconscious strategies to assert either our dominance or prestige. We often use voice or body language to communicate this. Imagine a ...

On a perfect spring day in 2017, I joined a gathering of right-wing internet trolls in Austin, Texas. They’d arranged the meetup to support the Infowars founder and conspiracist Alex Jones during his ...