Dominik Deffner

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Dominik is an evolutionary and computational behavioral scientist with a background in Psychology and Anthropology. His research broadly focuses on the individual-level learning processes and population-level social dynamics underlying human collective intelligence and adaptation. He mostly uses behavioral group experiments, computational and statistical modeling as well as formal mathematical theory. After a Master’s at the University of St. Andrews and a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, he now studies how human (and robotic) groups collectively balance individual and social information use (Project 34).
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Sciences et Avenir – May 2025 - Quelle est la meilleure manière d’apprendre ? La réponse grâce à une expérience menée sur Minecraft
CBC – May 2025 - As It Happens with Nil Köksal, Chris Howden
NPR (National Public Radio)- May 2025 - What playing Minecraft tells researchers about social learning
Cybernews.com – April 2025 - Copy or go solo? Minecraft players reveal the smarter strategy
StudyFinds.org – April 2025 - Key To Success? Minecraft Study Reveals Adaptability Beats All
ORF.at – April 2025 - Wie man erfolgreich lernt
SciTechDaily.com – April 2025 - How a Minecraft Game Unlocked the Secret to Smarter Thinking