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Researchers have used high-definition video cameras on the roof of a large indoor stadium to track how strangers formed groups.
Full article: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-03-23-study-tracks-how-we-decide-which-groups-joinThey found that individuals were likely to join groups containing members with similar physical traits – including levels of attractiveness. The researchers also discovered that attractive women were the most likely to be placed in the physical centre of social groups. The study in the journal, PLOS ONE, involved researchers at the University of Otago, New Zealand; the University of Oxford, UK; the University of Maryland, USA; and a computer animation company. Their paper also finds that individuals standing closest to others were most likely to shirk group tasks. This supports previous research on “social loafing”, a phenomenon whereby the presence of others appears to impede helping behaviour.
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