About the Authors

David Engel

awoolley@cmu.edu (AW); dengel@mit.edu (DE); malone@mit.edu (TM)

Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anita Williams Woolley

awoolley@cmu.edu (AW); dengel@mit.edu (DE); malone@mit.edu (TM)

Affiliations Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lisa X. Jing

Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher F. Chabris

Affiliations Union College, Department of Psychology, Schenectady, New York, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas W. Malone

awoolley@cmu.edu (AW); dengel@mit.edu (DE); malone@mit.edu (TM)

Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors received funding for the research described in this article from Cisco Systems, Inc. through their sponsorship of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DE AW LJ CC TM. Performed the experiments: DE LJ. Analyzed the data: DE AW LJ CC TM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DE AW CC TM.