Eindhoven University of Technology: How Choices Made by Crowds in a Train Station are Guided by Strangers
February 21, 2026
February 21, 2026
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Feb. 21 (TNSjou) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news:
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How choices made by crowds in a train station are guided by strangers
Using three years of anonymous trajectory recordings from Eindhoven Centraal station, TU/e researchers have shown that strangers influence the path choices you make in crowds, and that you're more likely to follow strangers even if the path is less efficient.
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How choices made by crowds in a train station are guided by strangers
Using three years of anonymous trajectory recordings from Eindhoven Centraal station, TU/e researchers have shown that strangers influence the path choices you make in crowds, and that you're more likely to follow strangers even if the path is less efficient.