Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks.

Cooperation is essential for successful human societies. Thus, understanding how cooperative and selfish behaviors spread from person to person is a topic of theoretical and practical importance. Previous laboratory experiments provide clear evidence of social contagion in the domain of cooperation,...

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Main Authors: Jillian J Jordan, David G Rand, Samuel Arbesman, James H Fowler, Nicholas A Christakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3686805?pdf=render