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Adversity magnifies the importance of social information in decision-making

2016-07-01

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In adverse conditions, individuals follow the majority more strongly. This phenomenon is very general across social species, but explanations have been particular to the species and context, including antipredatory responses, deflection of responsibility, or increase in uncertainty. Here we show that the impact of social information in realistic decision-making typically increases with adversity, giving more weigh...

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Literature Corpus work: b0aa375d-2cff-5086-9e72-4a8bbf2859c7
DOI: 10.1101/061630

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