[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# Not Learning from Others

Conlon et al., 2026, Journal of Political Economy — Economics

Patterns: [Perspectives](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/perspectives)

## In short

The same information is weighted differently depending on whose vantage point it came from (self versus other), showing that belief-updating is perspective-relative rather than source-invariant.

## What they found (results)

Across lab experiments (Chennai n=500, plus UK/US replications), participants' guesses respond 54% less to a partner's uncovered signal than to their own identical-quality signal (p<0.01), rising to 86% less when the partner's information is directly and perfectly communicated.

These researchers were not testing DSRP. The finding is theirs; the correspondence to DSRP is drawn by this site.

[Source](https://doi.org/10.1086/743914)