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Understanding social networks requires more than two dimensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Derek Ruths  and
Thomas Shultz
Derek Ruths
Affiliation:
School of Computer Science, Network Dynamics Lab, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada. derek.ruths@mcgill.cahttp://www.derekruths.com/
Thomas Shultz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Natural and Simulated Cognition, and School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada. thomas.shultz@mcgill.cahttp://www.tomshultz.net/
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Abstract

The proposed framework is insufficient to categorize and understand current evidence on decision making. There are some ambiguities in the questions asked that require additional distinctions between correctness and accuracy, decision making and learning, accuracy and confidence, and social influence and empowerment. Social learning techniques are not all the same: Behavior copying is quite different from theory passing. Sigmoidal acquisition curves are not unique to social learning and are often mistaken for other accelerating curves.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 99
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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