Behavioural synchrony

The term behavioural synchrony refers to the ability of a group of agents to coordinate collective action efficiently, a concept originally introduced by a series of empirical animal[1][2] and human[3][4] studies, and modelling papers in animals,[5][6] and humans.[7][8] The agents are trying to coordinate collective action on a social network in which the communication is restricted to dyadic information flows.

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