Recent research in economics, psychology, and political science describes the 'bandwagon effect' - or alternatively 'contagion effect' - as a general cultural phenomenon or bias in which the rate at ...
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Bandwagon effect: Science of stupid, again

WHEN birds fly together, they purposively either take advantage of the strategic aerodynamic V-shaped skein formation or through a flock called murmuration to intimidate a predator. Humans are less ...
Are you following the crowd when it comes to your finances? You may not think so, but most human beings are subject to “the bandwagon effect.” This cognitive bias can cause us to think and act in ...
CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - During a market crisis, when everyone wants to jump off the ship in the same leaky lifeboats, that doesn't bode well for most individual investors, who simply want to ...
Recent research in economics, psychology, and political science describes the 'bandwagon effect' - or alternatively 'contagion effect' - as a general cultural phenomenon or bias in which the rate at ...