In humans and other gregarious animals, collective decision-making is a robust behavioural
feature of groups. Pooling individual information is also fundamental for modern societies, in …

In evolutionary biology, niche construction is sometimes described as a genuine
evolutionary process whereby organisms, through their activities and regulatory …

Collective insights from a group of experts have always proven to outperform an individual's
best diagnostic for clinical tasks. For the task of medical image segmentation, existing …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Animals often gather information from other species by eavesdropping on signals intended
for others. We review the extent, benefits, mechanisms, and ecological and evolutionary …

Para Stefano Mancuso, o verdadeiro potencial para a solução dos problemas que nos
afligem está nas plantas. Sua autonomia energética, ligada a uma arquitetura cooperativa …

Collective intelligence refers to the ability of groups to outperform individual decision makers
when solving complex cognitive problems. Despite its potential to revolutionize decision …

Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as mask wearing can be effective in mitigating
the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, understanding the behavioral dynamics of NPIs …

Why groups of individuals sometimes exhibit collective 'wisdom'and other times maladaptive
'herding'is an enduring conundrum. Here we show that this apparent conflict is regulated by …

We investigate how reliable movement can emerge in aggregates of highly error-prone
individuals. The individuals—robotic modules—move stochastically using vibration motors …