The problem of how to compromise between speed and accuracy in decision-making faces
organisms at many levels of biological complexity. Striking parallels are evident between …

A 'consensus decision'is when the members of a group choose, collectively, between
mutually exclusive actions. In humans, consensus decisions are often made democratically …

In many species of group living invertebrates, in particular arthropods, collective decisions
can emerge from the combined actions of individuals and the direct or indirect interactions …

Under the superorganism concept, insect societies are so tightly integrated that they
possess features analogous to those of single organisms, including collective cognition. If …

Group-living animals are often faced with choosing between one or more alternative
resource sites. A central question in such collective decision making includes determining …

Social animals regularly face consensus decisions whereby they choose, collectively,
between mutually exclusive actions. Such decisions often involve conflicts of interest …

The sharing and collective processing of information by certain insect societies is one of the
reasons that they warrant the superlative epithet'super–organisms '(Franks 1989, Am. Sci …

Many behaviors have been attributed to internal conflict within the animal and human mind.
However, internal conflict has not been reconciled with evolutionary principles, in that it …

A neuroethological approach to decision-making considers the effect of evolutionary
pressures on neural circuits mediating choice. In this view, decision systems are expected to …

Increasing the number of options can paradoxically lead to worse decisions, a phenomenon
known as cognitive overload [1]. This happens when an individual decision-maker attempts …