Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

In humans and other gregarious animals, collective decision-making is a robust behavioural
feature of groups. Pooling individual information is also fundamental for modern societies, in …

Metacognition–the ability to represent, monitor and control ongoing cognitive processes–
helps us perform many tasks, both when acting alone and when working with others. While …

The degree to which people take advice, and the factors that influence advice-taking, are of
broad interest to laypersons, professionals, and policy-makers. This meta-analysis on 346 …

We review the literature to identify common problems of decision-making in individuals and
groups. We are guided by a Bayesian framework to explain the interplay between past …

The aggregation of many independent estimates can outperform the most accurate
individual judgement,–. This centenarian finding,, popularly known as the'wisdom of crowds' …

We consider two distinct influences that drive conformity behaviour. Whereas informational
influences facilitate adaptive and accurate responses, normative influences bias decisions …

According to the prevailing paradigm in social-cognitive neuroscience, the mental states of
individuals become shared when they adapt to each other in the pursuit of a shared goal …

A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us and how
understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better. In The Influential Mind …

Research investigating collective decision-making has focused primarily on the
improvement of accuracy in collective decisions and less on the motives that drive …