Network dynamics of social influence in the wisdom of crowds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 26, 2017, Pages E5070-E5076

  Becker, Joshua ^a   Brackbill, Devon ^a   Centola, Damon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective intelligence; Experimental social science; Social learning; Social networks; Wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERAGING; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CENTRALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDSOURCING; DECENTRALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WISDOM OF CROWD; ADULT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85021395427     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615978114     Document Type: Article

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