Social influence and the collective dynamics of opinion formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Moussaïd, Mehdi ^a   Kämmer, Juliane E ^a   Analytis, Pantelis P ^a   Neth, Hansjörg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84892385562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078433     Document Type: Article

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