The effects of recursive communication dynamics on belief updating.

ABSTRACT: Many social interactions are characterized by dynamic interplay, such that individuals exert reciprocal influence over each other's behaviours and beliefs. The present study investigated how the dynamics of reciprocal influence affect individual beliefs in a social context, over and above the information communicated in an interaction. To this end, we developed a simple social decision-making paradigm in which two people are asked to make perceptual judgments while receiving information about each other's decisions. In a Static condition, information about the partner only conveyed their initial, independent judgment. However, in a Dynamic condition, each individual saw the evolving belief of their partner as they learnt about and responded to the individual's own judgment. The results ind

SUBMITTER: Pescetelli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7423656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature