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Optimally interacting minds.

ABSTRACT: In everyday life, many people believe that two heads are better than one. Our ability to solve problems together appears to be fundamental to the current dominance and future survival of the human species. But are two heads really better than one? We addressed this question in the context of a collective low-level perceptual decision-making task. For two observers of nearly equal visual sensitivity, two heads were definitely better than one, provided they were given the opportunity to communicate freely, even in the absence of any feedback about decision outcomes. But for observers with very different visual sensitivities, two heads were actually worse than the better one. These seemingly discrepant patterns of group behavior can be explained by a model in which two heads are Bayes optimal under the assumption that individuals accurately communicate their level of confidence on every trial.

SUBMITTER: Bahrami B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3371582 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optimally interacting minds.

Bahrami Bahador B Olsen Karsten K Latham Peter E PE Roepstorff Andreas A Rees Geraint G Frith Chris D CD

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20100801 5995

In everyday life, many people believe that two heads are better than one. Our ability to solve problems together appears to be fundamental to the current dominance and future survival of the human species. But are two heads really better than one? We addressed this question in the context of a collective low-level perceptual decision-making task. For two observers of nearly equal visual sensitivity, two heads were definitely better than one, provided they were given the opportunity to communicat ...[more]

PMID: 20798320

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