Does interaction matter? Testing whether a confidence heuristic can replace interaction in collective decision-making

•We tested whether a confidence heuristic could replace interaction in a collective perceptual decision-making task.•For individuals of nearly equal reliability, the confidence heuristic is just as accurate as interaction.•For individuals with different reliabilities, the confidence heuristic is les...

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Main Authors: Bang, Dan, Fusaroli, Riccardo, Tylén, Kristian, Olsen, Karsten, Latham, Peter E., Lau, Jennifer Y.F., Roepstorff, Andreas, Rees, Geraint, Frith, Chris D., Bahrami, Bahador
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029078/