The Achilles' heel hypothesis: misinformed keystone individuals impair collective learning and reduce group success.

Pruitt JN, Wright CM, Keiser CN, DeMarco AE, Grobis MM, Pinter-Wollman N

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2888
Published: 2016 Jan 27
Container: Proceedings. Biological sciences
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@article{allodium:10.1098/rspb.2015.2888,
  title = {The Achilles' heel hypothesis: misinformed keystone individuals impair collective learning and reduce group success.},
  author = {Pruitt JN and Wright CM and Keiser CN and DeMarco AE and Grobis MM and Pinter-Wollman N},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Proceedings. Biological sciences},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2015.2888},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2888}
}

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JN, P., CM, W., CN, K., AE, D., MM, G., & N, P. (2016). The Achilles' heel hypothesis: misinformed keystone individuals impair collective learning and reduce group success.. Proceedings. Biological sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2888

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