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SUBMITTER: Nagasawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188858 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nagasawa Miho M Mogi Kazutaka K Ohtsuki Hisashi H Kikusui Takefumi T
Scientific reports 20200428 1
Recently, copying others' behaviour has attracted attention among researchers. It aids individuals in reducing uncertainty about the knowledge of the environment and helps them in acquiring an adaptive behaviour at a lower cost than by learning it by themselves. Among the copying strategies, conformity, which is the copying of behavioural decisions presented by the majority, has been well studied and reported in many animals, including humans. The previous study showed that dogs did not conform ...[more]