Erin Siracusa

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Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate

Oct 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Erin Siracusa |Melissa A. Pavez-Fox |Daniel Phillips |Michael Platt

AbstractThe benefits of social living are well established, but sociality also comes with costs, including infectious disease risk. This cost-benefit ratio of sociality is expected to change across individuals′ lifespans, which may drive changes in social behaviour with age.
Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age - research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

Mar 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Erin Siracusa |Noah Snyder-Mackler

There are many changes that can come with old age – hair turns gray, eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, mobility often becomes limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes to their social world. As we age, our social circles tend to get smaller. In the past decade, however, scientists have started to think that the shrinking of social networks with age might not be all bad. An older female macaque sits alone on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico.
Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age - research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

Mar 22, 2024 | idahopress.com | Erin Siracusa |Noah Snyder-Mackler

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Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age - research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

Mar 22, 2024 | sfgate.com | Erin Siracusa

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Erin Siracusa, University of Exeter and Noah Snyder-Mackler, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) There are many changes that can come with old age – hair turns gray, eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, mobility often becomes limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes to their social world.
Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age - research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

Mar 22, 2024 | chronicle-tribune.com | Erin Siracusa |Noah Snyder-Mackler

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THE CONVERSATION: Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age – new research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

Jun 21, 2023 | dailymaverick.co.za | Erin Siracusa |Noah Snyder-Mackler

There are many changes that can come with old age – hair turns gray, eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, mobility often becomes limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes to their social world. As we age, our social circles tend to get smaller. Such declines in social networks have raised concern among scientists who are aware of just how important social relationships are to health and well-being.

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