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Social Learning: The Importance of Copying Others

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:32 authored by Christoph Grüter, Ellouise Leadbeater, Francis Ratnieks
A new study argues that social learning is adaptive because `demonstrators¿ inadvertently filter information, so that copiers learn behaviours that have proved successful. There are remarkable parallels between these findings and data on how social insects share information about food locations.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

Issue

16

Volume

20

Page range

6683-R685

Pages

3.0

Department affiliated with

  • Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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