Keeping up with the Joneses: interpersonal prediction errors and the correlation of behavior in a tandem sequential choice task.

In many settings, copying, learning from or assigning value to group behavior is rational because such behavior can often act as a proxy for valuable returns. However, such herd behavior can also be pathologically misleading by coaxing individuals into behaviors that are otherwise irrational and it...

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Main Authors: Terry Lohrenz, Meghana Bhatt, Nathan Apple, P Read Montague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24204226/pdf/?tool=EBI