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      Collective cognition in animal groups

      Trends in Cognitive Sciences
      Elsevier BV

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          The remarkable collective action of organisms such as swarming ants, schooling fish and flocking birds has long captivated the attention of artists, naturalists, philosophers and scientists. Despite a long history of scientific investigation, only now are we beginning to decipher the relationship between individuals and group-level properties. This interdisciplinary effort is beginning to reveal the underlying principles of collective decision-making in animal groups, demonstrating how social interactions, individual state, environmental modification and processes of informational amplification and decay can all play a part in tuning adaptive response. It is proposed that important commonalities exist with the understanding of neuronal processes and that much could be learned by considering collective animal behavior in the framework of cognitive science.

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          Journal
          Trends in Cognitive Sciences
          Trends in Cognitive Sciences
          Elsevier BV
          13646613
          January 2009
          January 2009
          : 13
          : 1
          : 36-43
          Article
          10.1016/j.tics.2008.10.002
          19058992
          d4239698-0b82-4489-bcab-c359e0dcc7b3
          © 2009

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