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The Evolution of Overconfidence
Dominic D. P. Johnson, James H. Fowler
Confidence is an essential ingredient of success in a wide range of domains ranging from job performance and mental health, to sports, business, and combat. Some authors have sugge…
Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks
James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis
Theoretical models suggest that social networks influence the evolution of cooperation, but to date there have been few experimental studies. Observational data suggest that a wide…
Party Polarization in Congress: A Network Science Approach
Andrew Scott Waugh, Liuyi Pei, James H. Fowler +2
We measure polarization in the United States Congress using the network science concept of modularity. Modularity provides a conceptually-clear measure of polarization that reveals…