Fig 4. Evolution of average cognitive coherence (blue) and network coherence (red) across time (x-axis) during the belief exchange process at (a) γ = 0 (social rank is the sole determining factor), (b) γ = 0.5 (social rank and peer-pressure have equal weighting) and γ = 1 (peer-pressure is the sole determining factor).

Note that values begin at 1 due to perfect initial coherence across agents. Band around each plot corresponds to the standard error across twelve independent runs.