News articles
Science Blog Human-AI Teams Make Better Medical Diagnoses. (2025) link
SciTechDaily How a Minecraft Game Unlocked the Secret to Smarter Thinking. (2025) link
MPIB Press release Educated but easily fooled? Who falls for information and why. (2025) link
MPIB Press release How can we make the best use of LLM for a smarter and more inclusive society? (2024) link
Patient Safety Hub Collective intelligence can help reduce medical misdiagnoses. (2023) link
The Conversation Why we still fall for influencers, salesmen and politicians who lie? (2021) link
News Medical Concept of ‘wisdom of crowds’ can improve decisions about overuse of antibiotics. (2020) link
Süddeutsche Zeitung Alte Freunde. (2020) link
Science Daily Best of the best: Who makes the most accurate decisions in expert groups? (2019) link
Science Daily Male Trinidad guppies find food thanks to females. (2019) link
The Atlantic Parasites Can Mind-Control Animals Without Infecting Them. (2018) link
Forbes Light Pollution Causes Risky Behavior in Fish. (2018) link
Nature Research Being consistent in a dynamic environment: a guppy story. (2018) link
Science Daily Together we are unpredictable: Why sailfish hunt more successfully as a group. (2017) link
News Medical Study sheds new light on how medical diagnostics can be enhanced by obtaining several opinions. (2016) link
Phys.Org Sailfish found to use group hunting technique to capture more sardines. (2016) link
Medical Press Collective intelligence helps to improve breast cancer diagnosis. (2015) link
BBC News The one thing everyone knows about swordfish is wrong. (2015) link
IDW Combining Dermatologists’ Opinions Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Skin Cancer. (2015) link
Nature The soft power of sailfish bills. (2014) link
De Volkskrant Crowd-management. (2013) link
Neuroecology.wordpress Jumping off of bridges. (2013) link
New York Times Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers. (2010) link
Science Daily Personality of geese determines their foraging behaviour. (2010) link
The Telegraph Bossiness it the key to leadership, geese study finds. (2010) link
Public events
Humboldt Labor Berlin. Interactive exhibition on social information use. >10.000 participants per year (2021-2025).
Miraikan Museum, Tokyo. Interactive exhibition on social information use. >15.000 participants per year (2023-2025).
Humboldt Labor Berlin. Public talk on social information use across development. (2022)
Berlin Science Week Presentation on collective intelligence. (2020)
Long Night of Science Demonstrations of collective intelligence, Berlin. (2012, 2019, 2021)
Soapbox Science Event to promote the role and visibility of female scientists, Berlin. (2017)
Workshop at Highschool To promote science in classrooms. Carme College, de Thij, Oldenzaal, NL. (2017)
Workshop at the FEZ Youth Centre and primary school To promote science among youngsters (5-8 yrs. old), Berlin. (2016)
National History Museum Presentations on Swarm Intelligence, Berlin. (2012, 2013)
Column writer Dutch Scientific Calendar. (2011, 2012)
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