Search Results - "FOWLER, James H"

Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior by Christakis, Nicholas A., Fowler, James H.

“…Here, we review the research we have conducted on social contagion. We describe the methods we have employed (and the assumptions they have entailed) to…”
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Social network sensors for early detection of contagious outbreaks by Christakis, Nicholas A, Fowler, James H

“…Current methods for the detection of contagious outbreaks give contemporaneous information about the course of an epidemic at best. It is known that…”
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The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network by Christakis, Nicholas A, Fowler, James H

“…The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 30 years. This article examines the extent of person-to-person spread…”
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Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks by Fowler, James H, Christakis, Nicholas A

“…Theoretical models suggest that social networks influence the evolution of cooperation, but to date there have been few experimental studies. Observational…”
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The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years by Christakis, Nicholas A, Fowler, James H

“…This article, which describes the person-to-person spread of obesity as a potential contributing factor in the U.S. obesity epidemic, analyzes a densely…”
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Stay-at-home orders associate with subsequent decreases in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the United States by Fowler, James H, Hill, Seth J, Levin, Remy, Obradovich, Nick

“…Governments issue “stay-at-home” orders to reduce the spread of contagious diseases, but the magnitude of such orders’ effectiveness remains uncertain. In the…”
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Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks by Coviello, Lorenzo, Sohn, Yunkyu, Kramer, Adam D I, Marlow, Cameron, Franceschetti, Massimo, Christakis, Nicholas A, Fowler, James H

“…Happiness and other emotions spread between people in direct contact, but it is unclear whether massive online social networks also contribute to this spread…”
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Static network structure can stabilize human cooperation by Rand, David G., Nowak, Martin A., Fowler, James H., Christakis, Nicholas A.

“…Significance Human populations are both extremely cooperative and highly structured. Mathematical models have shown that fixed network interaction structures…”
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Weather impacts expressed sentiment by Baylis, Patrick, Obradovich, Nick, Kryvasheyeu, Yury, Chen, Haohui, Coviello, Lorenzo, Moro, Esteban, Cebrian, Manuel, Fowler, James H

“…We conduct the largest ever investigation into the relationship between meteorological conditions and the sentiment of human expressions. To do this, we employ…”
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Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers by Apicella, Coren L., Marlowe, Frank W., Fowler, James H., Christakis, Nicholas A.

“…The social networks of Hadza hunter-gatherers are structurally similar to modern social networks and show signs of clustering in cooperative behaviour, which…”
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Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network by Cacioppo, John T, Fowler, James H, Christakis, Nicholas A

“…The discrepancy between an individual's loneliness and the number of connections in a social network is well documented, yet little is known about the…”
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Friendship and natural selection by Christakis, Nicholas A., Fowler, James H.

“…More than any other species, humans form social ties to individuals who are neither kin nor mates, and these ties tend to be with similar people. Here, we show…”
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Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Kim, David A, BSc, Hwong, Alison R, BSc, Stafford, Derek, BSc, Hughes, D Alex, BSc, O'Malley, A James, Prof, Fowler, James H, Prof, Christakis, Nicholas A, Prof

“…Summary Background Information and behaviour can spread through interpersonal ties. By targeting influential individuals, health interventions that harness the…”
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Nighttime temperature and human sleep loss in a changing climate by Obradovich, Nick, Migliorini, Robyn, Mednick, Sara C, Fowler, James H

“…Human sleep is highly regulated by temperature. Might climate change-through increases in nighttime heat-disrupt sleep in the future? We conduct the inaugural…”
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Climate change may alter human physical activity patterns by Obradovich, Nick, Fowler, James H.

“…Regular physical activity supports healthy human functioning 1 – 3 . Might climate change—by modifying the environmental determinants of human physical…”
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Social influence and political mobilization: Further evidence from a randomized experiment in the 2012 U.S. presidential election by Jones, Jason J, Bond, Robert M, Bakshy, Eytan, Eckles, Dean, Fowler, James H

“…A large-scale experiment during the 2010 U.S. Congressional Election demonstrated a positive effect of an online get-out-the-vote message on real world voting…”
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Altruistic Punishment and the Origin of Cooperation by Fowler, James H., Harpending, Henry C.

“…How did human cooperation evolve? Recent evidence shows that many people are willing to engage in altruistic punishment, voluntarily paying a cost to punish…”
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Dueling biological and social contagions by Fu, Feng, Christakis, Nicholas A., Fowler, James H.

“…Numerous models explore how a wide variety of biological and social phenomena spread in social networks. However, these models implicitly assume that the…”
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The evolution of error: error management, cognitive constraints, and adaptive decision-making biases by Johnson, Dominic D.P., Blumstein, Daniel T., Fowler, James H., Haselton, Martie G.

“…•Counterintuitively, biases can improve decision making.•Numerous studies have identified biases as an effective way to manage errors.•Given cognitive and…”
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Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature by Fowler, James H, Schreiber, Darren

“…In the past 50 years, biologists have learned a tremendous amount about human brain function and its genetic basis. At the same time, political scientists have…”
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