Social conformity despite individual preferences for distinctiveness [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 We demonstrate that individual behaviours directed at the attainment of distinctiveness can in fact produce complete social conformity. We thus offer an unexpected generative mechanism for this central social phenomenon.
Paul E. Smaldino, Joshua M. Epstein
doaj +11 more sources
Social modulation of individual preferences in cockroaches [PDF]
iScience, 2021 Summary: In social species, decision-making is both influenced by, and in turn influences, the social context. This reciprocal feedback introduces coupling across scales, from the neural basis of sensing, to individual and collective decision-making ...
Yannick Günzel +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Individual Differences in Aesthetic Preferences for Multi-Sensorial Stimulation [PDF]
Vision, 2020 The aim of the current project was to investigate aesthetics in multi-sensorial stimulation and to explore individual differences in the process. We measured the aesthetics of interactive objects (IOs) which are three-dimensional objects with electronic ...
Jie Gao, Alessandro Soranzo
doaj +4 more sources
Individual preferences for scented water bowls in dogs [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionWhile food preferences have been extensively studied, much less is known about water preferences in dogs, especially regarding preferences for non-consumptive scented items attached to water bowls.
Rituparna Sonowal +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Weak individual preferences stabilize culture. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AOutcomes in the cultural arena are due to many factors but are there general rules that can suggest what makes some cultural traits successful and others not? Research in cultural evolution theory distinguishes factors related to social influence (such as copying from the majority, or from certain individuals) from factors related to individual ...
Acerbi A, de Courson B.
europepmc +4 more sources
Group choices seemingly at odds with individual preferences [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Numerous studies have focused on the influence of the social environment and the interactions between individuals on the collective decision-making of groups.
Michel-Olivier Laurent Salazar +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 Pension systems have recently been under scrutiny because of the expected population ageing threatening its sustainability. This paper's contribution to the debate is from a political economic perspective as it uses data from a choice experiment to ...
Abid Fourati, Yosr, O'Donoghue, Cathal
core +9 more sources
Predicting Individual Preferences in Mindfulness Techniques Using Personality Traits [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The growing popularity of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has prompted exciting scientific research investigating their beneficial effects on well-being and health.
Rongxiang Tang, Todd S. Braver
doaj +2 more sources
Examining the effect of underlying individual preferences for present over future on lung cancer screening participation: a cross-sectional analysis of a Korean National Cancer Screening Survey [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives This study aimed to examine the effect of underlying individual preferences for the present over that for the future on lung cancer screening participation.Setting We analysed the data from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey in 2018 ...
Kui Son Choi +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Individual Contrast Preferences in Natural Images
Journal of ImagingThis paper is an investigation in the field of personalized image quality assessment with the focus of studying individual contrast preferences for natural images.
Olga Cherepkova +2 more
doaj +4 more sources