The kind of group you want to belong to: Effects of group structure on group accuracy

Cognition

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 191-204

  Jönsson, Martin L ^a   Hahn, Ulrike ^b   Olsson, Erik J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group accuracy; Group learning; Group structure; Information flow; Social networks; Wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROUP ACCURACY; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDITY; GROUP PROCESS; LEARNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84931267820     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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