Social conformity is due to biased stimulus processing: electrophysiological and diffusion analyses

Hundreds of studies have found that humans’ decisions are strongly influenced by the opinions of others, even when making simple perceptual decisions. In this study, we aimed to clarify whether this effect can be explained by social influence biasing (early) perceptual processes. We employed stimulu...

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Hauptverfasser: Germar, Markus (VerfasserIn) , Voß, Andreas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 28 April 2016
In: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 11, Heft: 9, Pages: 1449-1459
ISSN:1749-5024
DOI:10.1093/scan/nsw050
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw050
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015799/
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Verfasserangaben:Markus Germar, Thorsten Albrecht, Andreas Voss, and Andreas Mojzisch

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