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physics.soc-ph2018
Paths to Polarization: How Extreme Views, Miscommunication, and Random Chance Drive Opinion Dynamics
Matthew A. Turner, Paul E. Smaldino
Understanding the social conditions that tend to increase or decrease polarization is important for many reasons. We study a network-structured agent-based model of opinion dynamic…
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Cultural Evolution of Categorization
Pablo Andres Contreras Kallens, Rick Dale, Paul E. Smaldino
Categorization is a fundamental function of minds, with wide ranging implications for the rest of the cognitive system. In humans, categories are shared and communicated between mi…