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physics.soc-ph2020★ 36 cited

Unraveling the effects of multiscale network entanglement on disintegration of empirical systems

Arsham Ghavasieh, Massimo Stella, Jacob Biamonte +1

Complex systems are large collections of entities that organize themselves into non-trivial structures that can be represented by networks. A key emergent property of such systems…

physics.soc-ph2020

Mapping computational thinking mindsets between educational levels with cognitive network science

Massimo Stella, Anastasiya Kapuza, Catherine Cramer +1

Computational thinking is a way of reasoning about the world in terms of data. This mindset channels number crunching toward an ambition to discover knowledge through logic, models…

cs.SI2020

Revealing semantic and emotional structure of suicide notes with cognitive network science

Andreia Sofia Teixeira, Szymon Talaga, Trevor James Swanson +1

Understanding the cognitive and emotional perceptions of people who commit suicide is one of the most sensitive scientific challenges. There are circumstances where people feel the…

cs.SI2020★ 1 cited

#lockdown: network-enhanced emotional profiling at the times of COVID-19

Massimo Stella, Valerio Restocchi, Simon De Deyne

The COVID-19 pandemic forced countries all over the world to take unprecedented measures like nationwide lockdowns. To adequately understand the emotional and social repercussions,…

cs.SI2020★ 60 cited

Text-mining forma mentis networks reconstruct public perception of the STEM gender gap in social media

Massimo Stella

Mindset reconstruction maps how individuals structure and perceive knowledge, a map unfolded here by investigating language and its cognitive reflection in the human mind, i.e. the…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 37 cited

Multiplex networks quantify robustness of the mental lexicon to catastrophic concept failures, aphasic degradation and ageing

Massimo Stella

Concepts and their mental associations influence how language is processed and used. Networks represent powerful models for exploring such cognitive system, known as mental lexicon…