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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

Citation:

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.

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

Citation:

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

Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism

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

Citation:

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

Cooperation, Decision Time, and Culture: Online Experiments with American and Indian Participants

5 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , India , Methodology , Public Goods

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A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, and D. G. Rand, "Cooperation, Decision Time, and Culture: Online Experiments with American and Indian Participants" PLoS ONE, (February 2017) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171252

Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation

4 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, T. Evans, A.J. O’Malley, and D. G. Rand, "Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation" Scientific Reports, 6: 29622 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep29622

Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks (Nature, 2015)

11 | Cooperation , Inequality , NAC Favorite , Nature , Economics , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, D.G. Rand, and N.A. Christakis, "Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks" Nature, Published online 09 September 2015. doi:10.1038/nature15392

Static Network Structure Can Stabilize Human Cooperation

9 | NAC Favorite , PNAS , Cooperation , Connection Intervention , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Public Goods

Citation:

D.G. Rand, M. Nowak, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Static Network Structure Can Stabilize Human Cooperation" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (48): 17093-17098 (December, 2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400406111

Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks

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

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J.J. Jordan, D.G. Rand, S. Arbesman, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks" PLoS One, 8(6): e66199 (June, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066199

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

3 | Cooperation , Egocentric Network , Friendship

Citation:

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

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

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

Citation:

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)

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