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I’ve always wanted to create a meme. Something that I can just devise, and watch it spread like a virus. And I didn’t realize it until recently (though it was lurking in the back of my mind) that I’m fascinated by networks – how information is spread from person to person, and how each person [...]...




James H. Fowler, & Nicholas A. Christakis. (2009) Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. arXiv: 0908.3497v2




Christakis, N., & Fowler, J. (2007) The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(4), 370-379. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa066082  The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years




Fowler JH, & Christakis NA. (2008) Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). PMID: 19056788   Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study.




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