A two-day workshop in


Social influence in collective decisions


Bahador Bahrami MD PhD, University College London



29 & 30 April 2017 (09 & 10 Ordibehesht 96)

Venue: Opposite the ARAJ, Artesh Highway, Larak Garden, School of Cognitive Scinces






  • DAY 1 (1396/02/09):


  • Wisdom and Madness of crowds (9:30-10:30)

    Break: (10:30-11:00)

    Individual and collective Payoff (11:00-12:00)




  • DAY 2 (1396/02/10):


  • Regret and responsibility in collective decisions (9:30-10:30)

    Break: (10:30-11:00)

    Deliberation and consensus in collective decisions (11:00-12:00)







    ::Description of Topics::



    1- Wisdom and Madness of crowds:

    A historical overview of what is known about collective decision making in popular culture and in history of social psychology, defining the main problems and explaining why the topic is relevant.



    2- Individual and collective Payoff:

    How human behaviour within a group is affected by the individual's cost/benefit analysis and offer new paradoxical findings showing that collectivist (eg socialist) payoff schemes lead to more individualized and diverse behaviour.



    3- Regret and responsibility in collective decisions:

    Making decisions together with others protect agents from regret and divert responsibility from individuals. The claim is that the true adaptive value of joint decisions is to reduce responsibility for difficult choices.



    4- Deliberation and consensus in collective decisions:

    Finally, the cognitive basis of deliberation and negotiation is discussed and new results that offer a new promising method for enhancing the wisdom of the crowds and helping groups of people make better decisions together will be discussed.






--> ALL applicants MUST register!


Registration fee:


50,000 Tomans (50% discount for Students with their "Student ID Card")


(Free for IPM students and postdocs)


Payment Terms:


You may pay via pos device available on the first day of the workshop






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