Human social learning is increasingly occurring on online social platforms, such as Twitter,
Facebook, and TikTok. On these platforms, algorithms exploit existing social-learning biases …

Highlights•Environmental surveillance of AMR is missing from current One Health
strategies.•Integrated surveillance can benefit clinical practice and mitigate the spread of …

The degree to which people take advice, and the factors that influence advice-taking, are of
broad interest to laypersons, professionals, and policy-makers. This meta-analysis on 346 …

An information cascade is a situation in which an agent who observes others chooses the
same action irrespective of the value of the agent's private information signal. Theoretical …

Efforts to combat misinformation have intensified in recent years. In parallel, our scientific
understanding of misinformation and of our information ecosystem has improved. Here, I …

Social learning is fundamental to human development, helping individuals adapt to
changing circumstances and cooperate in groups. During the formative years of …

Delusions are distressing and disabling symptoms of various clinical disorders. Delusions
are associated with an aberrant and apparently contradictory treatment of evidence …

Cultural evolution requires the social transmission of information. For this reason, scholars
have emphasized social learning when explaining how and why culture evolves. Yet cultural …

Humans are constantly influenced by others' behavior and opinions. Of importance, social
influence among humans is shaped by reciprocity: we follow more the advice of someone …

Academic Abstract The motto of the conspiracist,“Do your own research,” may seem
ludicrous to scientists. Indeed, it is often dismissed as a mere rhetorical device that …