Emergence of group rationality from irrational individuals

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/BEHECO/ARQ198
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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