The amplification of risk in experimental diffusion chains

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5631-5636

  Moussaïd, Mehdi ^a   Brighton, Henry ^a   Gaissmaier, Wolfgang ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Diffusion chains; Opinion dynamics; Risk perception; Social transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL DIFFUSION CHAIN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THREAT; ALGORITHM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRICLOSAN;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 84928920386     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421883112     Document Type: Article

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