Performance of human groups in social foraging: The role of communication in consensus decision making

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-240

  King, Andrew J ^a   Narraway, Claire ^b   Hodgson, Lindsay ^c   Weatherill, Aidan ^b   Sommer, Volker ^c   Sumner, Seirian ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Consensus; Coordination; Foraging; Human groups; Language

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAGGING;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 79954527233     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0808     Document Type: Article

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