‘Metacognition’ refers to thinking about thinking, and its function in collective human behaviour remains largely unknown. Using a multiplayer online game and agent-based modelling, Hawkins et al. found distinctive patterns of collective intelligence that only emerge when using metacognitive social inference skills.
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Toyokawa, W. Collective cognition and behaviour. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1612–1613 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01683-w
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