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  • Collaborative remembering can enhance memory but also introduce misinformation.
  • The directive function of collaborative memory in guiding future decisions is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if collaborative remembering influences subsequent individual decisions in a social dilemma.
  • To determine if group memory recall serves a directive function in guiding behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Participants engaged in an adapted prisoner's dilemma game after encountering different players (cooperators/cheaters).
  • An interpolated memory test was conducted individually or collaboratively.
  • Decision-making tasks assessed cooperation with previously encountered players.

Main Results:

  • Participants consistently made adaptive decisions, cooperating more with past cooperators than with cheaters or new players.
  • Collaborative remembering during the interpolated test did not improve decision-making accuracy.
  • No benefits were observed for decisions involving players encountered by others in the group.

Conclusions:

  • Collaborative remembering, in this context, did not appear to serve a directive function in guiding future social decisions.
  • The findings suggest that group memory processes may not reliably direct behavior in adapted social dilemmas.