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Bringing leaders of network subgroups closer together does not facilitate consensus

5 | Breadboard Software , Experiment , Position Intervention , Social Network , Public Goods

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Matthew I. Jones, Nicholas A. Christakis. Bringing leaders of network subgroups closer together does not facilitate consensus. Scientific Reports, Dec 4;14(1):30183.

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.

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

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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

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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

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

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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

Resource sharing in technologically defined social networks

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

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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

Locally Noisy Autonomous Agents Improve Global Human Coordination in Network Experiments (Nature, 2017)

13 | Methodology , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Biological Network , Behavior Genetics , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Bots , NAC Favorite , Nature , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Public Goods

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H. Shirado and N.A. Christakis, "Locally Noisy Autonomous Agents Improve Global Human Coordination in Network Experiments" Nature, 545, 370–374 (18 May 2017) doi:10.1038/nature22332

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

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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

Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks

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

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A. Nishi, H. Shirado, and N.A. Christakis, "Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks" Sociological Science, 2: 544-557 (Nov 30, 2015) doi: 10.15195/v2.a26

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