%0 Journal Article
%T Tipping points among social learners: Tools from varied disciplines
%A R. Alexander BENTLEY
%A Michael J. OˇŻBRIEN
%J Current Zoology
%D 2012
%I Current Zoology
%X There is a long and rich tradition in the social sciences of using models of collective behavior in animals as jumping-off points for the study of human behavior, including collective human behavior. Here, we come at the problem in a slightly different fashion. We ask whether models of collective human behavior have anything to offer those who study animal behavior. Our brief example of tipping points, a model first developed in the physical sciences and later used in the social sciences, suggests that the analysis of human collective behavior does indeed have considerable to offer [Current Zoology 58(2): 298-306, 2012].
%K Networks
%K Social learning
%K Thresholds
%K Time series
%K Tipping points
%U http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12006