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Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives

3 | Methodology , Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology

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C.F. Chabris, B.M. Hebert, D.J. Benjamin, J. Beauchamp, D. Cesarini, M. van der Loos, M. Johannesson, P.K. E. Magnusson, P. Lichtenstein, C.S. Atwood, J. Freese, T.S. Hauser, R.M. Hauser, N.A. Christakis, D. Laibson, "Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives" Psychological Science, 23(11): 1314-1323 (November 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797611435528

Variation in Patient-Sharing Networks of Physicians Across the United States

4 | Methodology , Physician Network , Health Services Research , Geographic Effects

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B.E. Landon, N.L. Keating, M.L. Barnett, J.P. Onnela, S. Paul, A.J. O’Malley, T. Keegan, and N.A. Christakis, "Variation in Patient-Sharing Networks of Physicians Across the United States" JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 308(3): 265-273 (July 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.7615

Viral Perturbations of Host Networks Reflect Disease Etiology

2 | Methodology , Biological Network

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N. Gulbahce, H. Yan, A. Dricot, M. Padi, D. Byrdsong, R. Franchi, D.S. Lee, O. Rozenblatt- Rosen, J.C. Mar, M.A. Calderwood, A. Baldwin, B. Zhao, B. Santhanam, P. Braun, N. Simonis, K.W. Huh, K. Hellner, M. Grace, A. Chen, R. Rubio, J.A. Marto, N.A. Christakis, E. Kieff, F.P. Roth, J. Roecklein-Canfield, J.A. Decaprio, M.E. Cusick, J. Quackenbush, D.E. Hill, K. Munger, M. Vidal, A.L. Barabasi, "Viral Perturbations of Host Networks Reflect Disease Etiology" PLoS Computational Biology, 8(6): e1002531 (June 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002531

Evolution of In-Group Favoritism

3 | Evolutionary Biology , Violence , Public Goods

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F. Fu, C.E. Tarnita, N.A. Christakis, L. Wang, D.G. Rand, and M.A. Nowak, "Evolution of In-Group Favoritism" Nature Scientific Reports, 2: 460 (June 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00460

Egocentric Social Network Structure, Health, and Pro-Social Behaviors in a National Panel Study of Americans

3 | Cooperation , Egocentric Network , Friendship

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A.J. O’Malley, S. Arbesman, D.M. Steiger, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Egocentric Social Network Structure, Health, and Pro-Social Behaviors in a National Panel Study of Americans" PLoS ONE, 7(5): e36250 (May 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036250

Reasons for Choice of Referral Physician Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians

1 | Health Services Research

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M. Barnett, N.L. Keating, N.A. Christakis, A.J. O’Malley, and B. Landon, "Reasons for Choice of Referral Physician Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 27(5): 506-512 (May 2012)

Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks

4 | Cardiovascular Disease , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

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K. Strully, J.H. Fowler, J. Murabito, E.J. Benjamin, D. Levy, and N.A. Christakis, "Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks" Social Science and Medicine, 74(7): 1125- 1129 (April 2012)

Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks

4 | Methodology , Phone Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

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J.P. Onnela and N.A. Christakis, "Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks" Physical Review E, 85(3): 036106

Physician Patient-Sharing Networks and the Cost and Intensity of Care in US Hospitals

4 | Health Services Research , Institutional Network , Social Network , Physician Network

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M. Barnett, N.A. Christakis, A.J. O’Malley, J.P. Onnela, N.L. Keating, and B. Landon, "Physician Patient-Sharing Networks and the Cost and Intensity of Care in US Hospitals" Medical Care, 50(2): 152-160 (February 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822dcef7

Social Networks and Cooperation in Hunter-Gatherers (Nature, 2012)

11 | LMIC , Cooperation , Tanzania , Social Network , Evolutionary Biology , NAC Favorite , Nature , Homophily , Indigenous Social Network , Friendship , Public Goods

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C.L. Apicella, F.W. Marlowe, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Cooperation in Hunter-Gatherers" Nature, 481(7382): 497-501 (January 2012)