Optimally Interacting Minds
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging · Queen Mary University of London · +5 more institutions
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 51.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 13
Authors
6- BBBahador BahramiCorresponding
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Queen Mary University of London, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London
- KOKarsten Olsen
Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital
- PEPeter E. Latham
Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience
- ARAndreas Roepstorff
Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital
- GRGeraint Rees
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Queen Mary University of London, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London
Topics & keywords
- Contrast (vision)
- Task (project management)
- Perspective (graphical)
- Elite
- Sensitivity (control systems)
- Psychology
- Enlightenment
- Cognitive psychology
- Peace, Justice and strong institutions