Papers | Human Nature Lab | Human Nature Lab at Yale

Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial

7 | RCT , Sexuality , LMIC , China , Global Health , Methodology , Contagion Intervention

Citation:

Zhang TP, Yang F, Tang W, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Li K, Zou F, Yang L, Mi G, Wang Y, Huang W, Lee A, Zhu W, Vickerman P, Wu D, Yang B, Christakis NA, Tucker JD. Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Infect Dis Poverty. 2019 Aug 16;8(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s40249-019-0581-1. PMID: 31426869; PMCID: PMC6700988.

Network multipliers and public health

2 | Methodology , Social Network

Citation:

T.J. VanderWeele and N. A. Christakis, “Network multipliers and public health,” International Journal of Epidemiology, (Feb 2019) DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz010

Machine Behaviour

4 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Hybrid Systems , Nature

Citation:

I. Rahwan, M. Cebrian, N. Obradovich, J. Bongard, J.F. Bonnefon, C. Breazeal, J.W. Crandall, N. A. Christakis, I.D. Couzin, M.O. Jackson, N.R. Jennings, E. Kamar, I.M. Kloumann, H. Larochelle, D. Lazer, R. McElreath, A. Mislove, D.C. Parkes, A. Pentland, M.E. Roberts, A. Shariff, J.B. Tenenbaum, and M. Wellman, “Machine Behaviour,” Nature, 568: 477-486 (Apr 2019)

The Structure of Negative Ties in Rural Village Networks

10 | Methodology , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LMIC , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Global Health , Trellis Software , Friendship , NAC Favorite

Citation:

A. Isakov, J.H. Fowler, E. Airoldi, and N. A. Christakis, “The Structure of Negative Ties in Rural Village Networks,” Sociological Science, Vol. 6, p197-218 (Mar 2019) DOI: 10.15195/v6.a8

Resource sharing in technologically defined social networks

6 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Social Network , Connection Intervention , Economics , Public Goods

Citation:

H. Shirado, G. Iosifidis, L. Tassiulas, and N. A. Christakis, “Resource sharing in technologically defined social networks,” Nature Communications, (Feb 2019) DOI: 10.1038/s41467·019·0893S-2

Surgeon peer network characteristics and adoption of new imaging techniques in breast cancer: A study of perioperative MRI

4 | Cancer , Physician Network , Social Contagion , Health Services Research

Citation:

S. Tannenbaum, P. R. Soulos, J. Herrin, C. E. Pollack, X. Xu, N. A. Christakis, H. P. Forman, J. B. Yu, B. K. Killelea, S. Y. Wang, and C. P. Gross, “Surgeon peer network characteristics and adoption of new imaging techniques in breast cancer: A study of perioperative MRI,” Cancer Medicine, 7(12): 5901-5909 (Dec 2018) DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1821

Cyclic motifs in the Sardex monetary network

6 | Methodology , Institutional Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Economics , NAC Favorite

Citation:

G. Iosifidis, Y. Charette, E. Airoldi, G. Littera, L. Tassiulas, and N. A. Christakis, “Cyclic motifs in the Sardex monetary network,” Nature Human Behavior, (Oct 2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0450-0

The “average” treatment effect: A construct ripe for retirement. A commentary on Deaton and Cartwright

1 | Methodology

Citation:

S.V. Subramaniana, Rockli Kima, Nicholas A. Christakis, "The “average” treatment effect: A construct ripe for retirement. A commentary on Deaton and Cartwright" Social Science & Medicine,

Exposure, Hazard, and Survival Analysis of Diffusion on Social Networks

2 | Methodology , Social Contagion

Citation:

Wu J, Crawford FW, Kim DA, Stafford D, Christakis NA. Exposure, hazard, and survival analysis of diffusion on social networks. Stat Med. 2018 Jul 30;37(17):2561-2585. doi: 10.1002/sim.7658. Epub 2018 Apr 29. PMID: 29707798; PMCID: PMC6933552.

Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

5 | LMIC , Mental Health , Uganda , Social Network , Global Health

Citation:

J. M. Perkins, V. N. Nyakato, B. Kakuhikire, A. C. Tsai, S. V. Subramanian, D. R. Bangsberg, and N. A. Christakis, “Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study,” Public Health Nutrition, 21(5), 838–848 (Oct 2019) DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002154