How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in
the natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely …

When living in a group, individuals have to make trade‐offs, and compromise, in order to
balance the advantages and disadvantages of group life. Strategies that enable individuals …

Flocking behaviour is often presented as an example of a self-organized process, where
individuals continuously negotiate on the direction of travel and compromise by moving …

Conflicts of interest about where to go and what to do are a primary challenge of group
living. However, it remains unclear how consensus is achieved in stable groups with …

Studying animal behavior as collective phenomena is a powerful tool for understanding
social processes, including group coordination and decision-making. However, linking …

Sociality exists in an extraordinary range of ecological settings. For individuals to accrue the
benefits associated with social interactions, they are required to maintain a degree of spatial …

To cooperatively transport a large load, it is important that carriers conform in their efforts
and align their forces. A downside of behavioural conformism is that it may decrease the …

Understanding how the brain implements social behavior on one hand, and how social
processes feedback on the brain to promote fine-tuning of behavioral output according to …

In despotically driven animal societies, one or a few individuals tend to have a
disproportionate influence on group decision-making and actions. However, global …

Primate groups need to remain coordinated in their activities and collectively decide when
and where to travel if they are to accrue the benefits and minimize the costs of sociality. The …