How collective reward structure impedes group decision making: An experimental study using the HoneyComb paradigm.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates if and under which conditions humans are able to identify and follow the most advantageous leader who will them provide with the most resources. In an iterated economic game with the aim of earning monetary reward, 150 participants were asked to repeatedly choose one out of four leaders. Unbeknownst to participants, the leaders were computer-controlled and programmed to yield different expected payout values that participants had to infer from repeated interaction over 30 rounds. Additionally, participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: single, independent, or cohesion. The conditions were designed to investigate the ideal circumstances that lead to identifying the most advantageous leader: when participants are alone (single condition), in a gro

SUBMITTER: Ritter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594797 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature