Collective cognition in animal groups

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Couzin, Iain D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSES; ANIMAL BEHAVIORS; ANIMAL GROUPS; COGNITIVE SCIENCES; COLLECTIVE ACTIONS; COLLECTIVE COGNITIONS; COLLECTIVE DECISIONS; NEURONAL PROCESSES; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

AMPLIFICATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOME; LEADERSHIP; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58149127238     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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