sociallearning

Source independence affects argument persuasiveness when the relevance is clear

Making inferences about claims we do not have direct experience with is a common feature of everyday life. In these situations, it makes sense to consult others: an apparent consensus may be a useful cue to the truth of a claim. This strategy is not …

Social meta-inference and the evidentiary value of consensus

In a twitter-like experimental environment, we show that people are more influenced by the number of distinct posts than the number of distinct people, and hardly at all by the diversity of points made

When extremists win: On the behavior of iterated learning chains when priors are heterogeneous

Epistemic trust: Modeling children's reasoning about others' knowledge and intent