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The Structure and Function of Antagonistic Ties in Social Networks

9 | Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LIMC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

Citation:

Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The structure and function of antagonistic ties in village social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS). 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2401257121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401257121. Epub 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38889155; PMCID: PMC11214085.

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.

Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India (PNAS, 2022)

15 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , India , Contagion Intervention , Experiment , Global Health , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , LIMC , RCT , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

Citation:

M. Alexander, L. Forastiere, N. A. Christakis, and S. Gupta, “Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India,” PNAS, 119(30) e2120742119 (May 2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120742119

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

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

Citation:

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 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

Citation:

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

Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk

5 | PNAS , Online Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Friendship

Citation:

W.R. Hobbs, M.K. Burke, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(46): 12980-12984 (November 2016) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605554113

Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure

9 | Evolutionary Biology , LIMC , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Indigenous Social Network , Friendship , Violence

Citation:

L. Glowacki, A. Isakov, R. W. Wrangham, R. McDermott, J. H. Fowler, and N. A. Christakis, "Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 Oct 25;113(43):12114-12119. 10.1073/pnas.1610961113

Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI

6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Genetics , Behavior Genetics , Health Services Research

Citation:

J.N. Rosenquist, S.F. Lehrer, A.J. O’Malley, A.M. Zaslavsky, J.W. Smoller, and N.A. Christakis, "Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(2): 354–359 (January 2015) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1411893111

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

Friendship and Natural Selection (PNAS, 2014)

6 | Evolutionary Biology , Friendship , Genetics , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Network

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Friendship and Natural Selection" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (Supplement 3): 10796-10801 (July, 2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400825111

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