When Amir Goldberg had his first child a decade ago, he was bewildered to learn that some of his colleagues at Princeton University, where he was a doctoral student, weren't planning to vaccinate their offspring.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2018
0
8
A pair of researchers at the University of Roehampton has found that captive Barbary macaques are capable of engaging in positive visual contagion—a behavior normally only seen in humans. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Contrary to conventional wisdom, people tend to wind down rather than whip themselves into a frenzy while browsing Facebook and Twitter, according to a prize-winning dissertation by a newly minted Ph.D. from UC Berkeley's ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2018
0
27
A collaborative research project involving a Victoria University researcher has identified key risk factors that increase the likelihood of 'crisis contagion', where a reputational crisis spreads from one company to another.
Economics & Business
Oct 12, 2017
0
2
(Phys.org)—Social contagion describes the propagation of beliefs, evaluations and attitudes through a network of people. It's well understood that political beliefs, emotional attitudes and opinions are contagious within ...
Social media is a wonderful tool for sharing information quickly; But not surprisingly, some of that information is false and has played a role in the dissemination of conspiracy theories and fake news.
Internet
Mar 28, 2017
0
4
Why do we sometimes decide to take risks and other times choose to play it safe? In a new study, Caltech researchers explored the neural mechanisms of one possible explanation: a contagion effect.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2016
1
16
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Università di Pisa, in Italy has found via observational study, that women are on average twice as likely to yawn after seeing someone else yawn, than are men. In their paper published ...
A trio of researchers with the University of Pisa has found during a study they conducted, that dogs engage in emotional contagion and rapid mimicry with one another. In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, ...
Sharing your happiness with your Twitter followers right now? Odds are, they're going to pay it forward, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2015
0
147
