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Dynamical-System Model Predicts When Social Learners Impair Collective Performance
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Mirta Galesic, Harvey McGuinness +1
A key question concerning collective decisions is whether a social system can settle on the best available option when some members learn from others instead of evaluating the opti…
Scaling of Urban Income Inequality in the United States
Elisa Heinrich Mora, Jacob J. Jackson, Cate Heine +3
Urban scaling analysis, the study of how aggregated urban features vary with the population of an urban area, provides a promising framework for discovering commonalities across ci…
Why are U.S. Parties So Polarized? A "Satisficing" Dynamical Model
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Daniel M. Abrams, Georgia Kernell +1
Since the 1960s, Democrats and Republicans in U.S. Congress have taken increasingly polarized positions, while the public's policy positions have remained centrist and moderate. We…
Falling Through the Cracks: Modeling the Formation of Social Category Boundaries
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Tamara van der Does, Henrik Olsson
Social categorizations divide people into "us" and "them," often along continuous attributes such as political ideology or skin color. This division results in both positive conseq…