Is an idea different from cake: can you have it and eat it, too? A violation of permanence in information consumption.

One of the basic features of information is permanence. This feature states that the consumption of information by one consumer does not affect the availability of that information to other consumers. We present examples in two studies indicating that both laymen and experts of information exchange...

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Main Authors: Shu Li, Yue-Ran Li, Yin Su, Li-Lin Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3405074?pdf=render