Asynchrony rescues statistically optimal group decisions from information cascades through emergent leaders
It is usually assumed that information cascades are most likely to occur when an early but incorrect opinion spreads through the group. Here, we analyse models of confidence-sharing in groups and reveal the opposite result: simple but plausible models of naive-Bayesian decision-making exhibit inform...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230175 |