Analytical reasoning task reveals limits of social learning in networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Rahwan, Iyad ^a,b   Krasnoshtan, Dmytro ^a   Shariff, Azim ^c   Bonnefon, Jean Franco̧is ^d,e  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Culture; Networks; Reasoning; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ANALYTICAL REASONING; COGNITIVE STRATEGY; HUMAN MIND; IN NETWORKS; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; REASONING; SOCIAL LEARNING; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

BIOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL REASONING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSENSUS; COORDINATION; HUMAN; INTUITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NETWORKS; REASONING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURE; NETWORKS; REASONING; SOCIAL LEARNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84896901647     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1211     Document Type: Article

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