From small committees to national elections, group decision-making can be complicated—and it may not always settle on the best choice. That's partly because some members of the group do research on ...

Between individuals and societies are functional groups of vastly different scales, such as governments, workplaces, churches and households. Members of groups interact with each other differently ...

OK, group decicion-making may not be the most momentous problem, but it is one of the most frequently annoying. Making everyday choices with other people often goes something like this: You and your ...

In humans and other gregarious animals, collective decision-making is a robust behavioural feature of groups. Pooling individual information is also fundamental for modern societies, in which digital ...

We all work in groups sometimes. We brainstorm in groups. Students work on group projects. Even faculty at universities work in committees, and our research projects are generally collaborations.