Social Transmission along Multiple Pathways Promotes Information Fidelity and Reduces Divisiveness

Tansmission data from “Social Transmission along Multiple Pathways Promotes Information Fidelity and Reduces Divisiveness” Creators: Zohar Neu; Javier Garcia-Bernardo; Mathew Hardy; Andrea Santoro; Allison C. Morgan; Aleksandra Alorić; Thomas L. Griffiths; P. M. Krafft Date of data collection July–November 2024 (Mechanical-Turk sessions reported in the paper’s Methods) Column Type Description layer_n integer (1–6) Generation number within the diffusion chain rep string Replicate identifier (0-0 or 0-2) story1, story2, story3 string Text(s) the participant read from the previous generation. In the single-pathway condition the three fields are identical, reflecting the single incoming pathway. story_merged string Participant’s own retelling produced from memory condition string Experimental condition (Single-pathway or Multiple-pathway)

Neu, Z., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Hardy, M., Santoro, A., Aloric, A., Morgan, A., Griffiths, T., & Krafft, P. M. (2025). Social Transmission along Multiple Pathways Promotes Information Fidelity and Reduces Divisiveness [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641902