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Simple Autonomous Agents Can Enhance Creative Discovery in Human Groups

11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Breadboard Software , Contagion Intervention , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Methodology , NAC Favorite , Online Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

Nature Communications, 15, Article number: 5212 (2024)

The Structure and Function of Antagonistic Ties in Social Networks

9 | Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LIMC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2401257121.

Maternal and Child Health Interventions to Promote Behavior Change: A Population-Level Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Honduras

9 | Experiment , Global Health , Honduras , LIMC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Methodology , RCT , Social Network , Trellis Software

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Oles W, Alexander M, Negron R, et al. Maternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras. BMJ Open 2024;14:e060784. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-060784

Induction of Social Contagion Across Diverse Outcomes in Structured Experiments in Isolated Honduras Villages (Science, 2024)

9 | Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Experiment , Network Targeting , Contagion Intervention , Breadboard Software , Global Health , LIMC , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Airoldi EM, Christakis NA. Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages. Science. 2024 May 3;384(6695):eadi5147. doi: 10.1126/science.adi5147. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38696582.

Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans

8 | Cooperation , Economics , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Breadboard Software , Hybrid Systems , Public Goods

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H Shirado, S Kasahara, NA Christakis. "Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans," PNAS, 2023 Dec 19;120(51):e2307804120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307804120. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Approaching disease transmission with network science

4 | Global Health , Social Network , Infectious Disease , LIMC

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Vishnempet Shridhar, S., Christakis, N.A. Approaching disease transmission with network science. Nat Rev Bioeng 2, 6–7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-023-00139-0

The Enmity Paradox

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Violence

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The enmity paradox. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 16;13(1):20040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47167-9. PMID: 37973933; PMCID: PMC10654772.

Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments

10 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Inequality , Economics , Mental Health , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Contagion Intervention

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Nishi, A., German, C.A., Iwamoto, S.K. et al. Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments. Nat. Mental Health 1, 990–1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00159-0

Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide

5 | Methodology , Microbiome , Honduras , Infectious Disease , Global Health

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Nature Communications. 2023 Nov 14;14(1):7366. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42998-6.

Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties

4 | Phone Network , China , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

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Jayson S Jia, Yiwei Li, Sheng Liu, Nicholas A Christakis, Jianmin Jia, Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2023, pgad358, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad358