Bullying Affects Social Status?

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a ScienceDaily article about the social status effects of bullying on mice and men. From the article: "The results reveal neural mechanisms by which social learning is shaped by psychosocial experience and how antidepressants act in this particular brain circuit. They also suggest new strategies for treating mood disorders such as depression, social phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder, in which social withdrawal is a prominent symptom ... He and his colleagues also discovered that social defeat triggered an upheaval in gene expression in the target area of the circuit, the nucleus accumbens, located deep in the front part of the brain -- 309 genes increased in expression while 17 decreased."

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news for nerds

[Anonymous Coward]

If this isn't "news for nerds" I don't know what is.

Mod Aticle: -1 Obvious

[OctoberSky]

Isn't this Slashdot? News for Nerds?

I think this crowd knows very well the effects of bullying.

Re:False premise

[mctk]

I'll kick your ass if you keep asking questions.

Re:False premise

[Thing 1]

I like the version from "Clerks":

Randall: "I'm not going to miss what's probably going to be the social event of the season."
Dante: "You hate people!"
Randall: "But I love gatherings ... isn't it ironic?"

Or this one, from earlier:

Randall (to Dante about the customer who got offended by his speech, and then the nudie magazine that Randall opened in front of him): "That guy's an asshole. Everybody that comes in here is way too uptight. This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers."