Killer whales are known for exceptional intelligence, displaying complex social structures and sophisticated communication.

When it comes to social influence, knowing how people are connected matters more than simply knowing lots of people, found researchers from Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science.

This social structure directly impacts mating patterns, as the dominant silverback typically holds exclusive mating rights with the females in his group, creating a polygynous mating system. In ...

Large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) provides an effective way to obtain desirable group decision outcomes. Many studies have neglected the effect of opinion dynamics on the consensus reaching ...

For example, a GWAS pooling 3mn genomes has found that polygenic scores, reflecting genetic factors, explain between 12 and 16 per cent of the variation in educational attainment between Europeans.

As society becomes more fast-paced and competitive, traditional social structures are eroding. The close-knit communities of the past have given way to a more fragmented, individualistic lifestyle.

In group decision making (GDM), multiscale information systems (MSISs) and fuzzy social networks have strong applications. In addition, decision makers (DMs) can reveal their preference information by ...

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How high theory reshaped our understanding of power, social structure, cultural dynamics and history. Fredric Jameson, who died this week at age 90, was one of the last high theorists still standing.