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The crowd is self-aware

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Judith E. Fan  and
Jordan W. Suchow
Judith E. Fan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544jefan@princeton.eduhttps://sites.google.com/site/judithfan/
Jordan W. Suchow
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. suchow@fas.harvard.eduhttp://jordansuchow.com
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Abstract

Bentley et al.’s framework assigns phenomena of personal and collective decision-making to regions of a dual-axis map. Here, we propose that understanding the collective dynamics of decision-making requires consideration of factors that guide movement across the map. One such factor is self-awareness, which can lead a group to seek out new knowledge and re-position itself on the map.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 81 - 82
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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