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Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior

3 | Methodology , Social Contagion , Social Network

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N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior" Statistics in Medicine, 32(4): 556-577 (February 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.5408

Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

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H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks" Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 166(12): 1132-1139 (December 2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1372

Genes, Economics, and Happiness

4 | Behavior Genetics , Genetics , Economics , Happiness

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J.E. DeNeve, N.A. Christakis, J.H. Fowler, and B.S. Frey, "Genes, Economics, and Happiness" Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 5(4): 193-211 (November 2012)

The Evolution of Homophily

5 | Methodology , Evolutionary Biology , Homophily , NAC Favorite , Public Goods

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F. Fu, M. Nowak, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "The Evolution of Homophily" Nature Scientific Reports, 2: 845 (November 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00845

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

Citation:

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

Citation:

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)