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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

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PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2401257121.

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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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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