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Network Engineering Using Autonomous Agents Increases Cooperation in Human Groups

11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Connection Intervention , Cooperation , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Bots , Breadboard Software , Public Goods

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H. Shirado and N. A. Christakis, “Network Engineering Using Autonomous Agents Increases Cooperation in Human Groups,” iScience, 23(9) (Aug 2020) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101438

Social normative and social network factors associated with adolescent pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of 176 villages in rural Honduras

7 | Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Global Health , Trellis Software

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H.B. Shakya, Darmstadt G., Barker KM, Weeks J., and N. A. Christakis, “Social normative and social network factors associated with adolescent pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of 176 villages in rural Honduras,” Journal of Global Health, 10(1): 1-13 (Jun 2020) DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010706

Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 in China

6 | China , Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , NAC Favorite , Nature , Global Health

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J.S. Jia, X. Lu, Yuan Y., G. Xu, J. Jia, and N. A. Christakis, “Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 in China,” Nature, 582(7812), 389–394 (Apr 2020) DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2284-y

Lack of sexual behavior disclosure may distort STI testing outcomes

4 | China , Sexuality , Social Determinants , Global Health

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N. Kumar, L. Forastiere, Zhang TP, Yang F., Li KT, Tang W., Tucker JD, N. A. Christakis, and M. Alexander, “Lack of sexual behavior disclosure may distort STI testing outcomes,” BMC Public Health, (2020) 20:616 (May 2020) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08768-5

Collective Communication and Behaviour in Response to Uncertain “Danger” in Network Experiments

8 | Connection Intervention , Breadboard Software , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Experiment , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Network Targeting

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H. Shirado, F. Crawford, and N. A. Christakis, “Collective Communication and Behaviour in Response to Uncertain “Danger” in Network Experiments,” Proceedings A of the Royal Society, 476(2237): 1-19 (May 2020) DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0685

Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism

5 | Cooperation , Mental Health , Experiment , Breadboard Software , Public Goods

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S.K. Iwamoto, M. Alexander, M. Torres, M.R. Irwin, N. A. Christakis, and A. Nishi, “Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism,” Scientific Reports, 10(1): 6511 (Apr 2020) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62652-1

Vulnerable Robots Positively Shape Human Conversational Dynamics in a Human-Robot Team

6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Hybrid Systems , Contagion Intervention

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M. Traeger, S. Strohkorb Sebo, M. F. Jung, B. Scassellati, and N. A. Christakis, “Vulnerable Robots Positively Shape Human Conversational Dynamics in a Human-Robot Team,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 117 (12) 6370-6375 (Mar 2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910402117

Assortative mating at loci under recent natural selection in humans

7 | Methodology , Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology , Genetics , NAC Favorite , Homophily , Marriage

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A. Nishi, M. Alexander, J.H. Fowler, and N. A. Christakis, “Assortative mating at loci under recent natural selection in humans,” BioSystems, Volume 187, January 2020, 104040 (Oct 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2019.104040

Do village-level normative and network factors help explain spatial variability in adolescent childbearing in rural Honduras?

7 | Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Global Health , Trellis Software

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H.B. Shakya, Weeks J., and N. A. Christakis, “Do village-level normative and network factors help explain spatial variability in adolescent childbearing in rural Honduras?,” SSM - Population Health, 9(2019): 100371 (Dec 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100371

Assortative mixing and resource inequality enhance collective welfare in sharing networks

10 | Homophily , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Network , Inequality , Connection Intervention , Experiment , Economics , Breadboard Software , Public Goods

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H. Shirado, G. Iosifidis, and N. A. Christakis, “Assortative mixing and resource inequality enhance collective welfare in sharing networks,” PNAS, 116(45): 22442-22444 (Oct 2019) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911606116