We study individual ability to memorize and recall information about friendship networks using a combination of experiments and survey-based data. In the experiment subjects are shown a network, in which their location is exogenously assigned, and they are then asked questions about the network...

Individuals learn by chit-chatting with others as a by-product of their online and offline activities. Social plugins are an example in the online context: they embed information from a friend, acquaintance or even a stranger on a web page and the information is usually independent of the...

Abstract Individuals' cognitive knowledge of their social networks is affected by systematic biases. This paper investigates the role of the mean degree bias , i.e. the tendency to underestimate the number of connections of others, in determining the structure of stable networks. It develops a...