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most citedWhy are U.S. Parties So Polarized? A "Satisficing" Dynamical Model

22 citations · 22 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

physics.soc-ph2021

Dynamical-System Model Predicts When Social Learners Impair Collective Performance

Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Mirta Galesic, Harvey McGuinness +1

A key question concerning collective decisions is whether a social system can settle on the best available option when some members learn from others instead of evaluating the opti…

physics.soc-ph2021

Scaling of Urban Income Inequality in the United States

Elisa Heinrich Mora, Jacob J. Jackson, Cate Heine +3

Urban scaling analysis, the study of how aggregated urban features vary with the population of an urban area, provides a promising framework for discovering commonalities across ci…

q-bio.PE2020

Greetings from a Triparental Planet

Gizem Bacaksizlar, Stefani Crabtree, Joshua Garland +11

In this work of speculative science, scientists from a distant star system explain the emergence and consequences of triparentalism, when three individuals are required for sexual…

physics.soc-ph202022 cited

Why are U.S. Parties So Polarized? A "Satisficing" Dynamical Model

Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Daniel M. Abrams, Georgia Kernell +1

Since the 1960s, Democrats and Republicans in U.S. Congress have taken increasingly polarized positions, while the public's policy positions have remained centrist and moderate. We…

physics.soc-ph2019

Falling Through the Cracks: Modeling the Formation of Social Category Boundaries

Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Tamara van der Does, Henrik Olsson

Social categorizations divide people into "us" and "them," often along continuous attributes such as political ideology or skin color. This division results in both positive conseq…