Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention

Science

Volumn 360, Issue 6393, 2018, Pages 1116-1119

  Centola, Damon ^a,b   Becker, Joshua ^a   Brackbill, Devon ^a   Baronchelli, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL NORMS;

EID: 85048526144     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aas8827     Document Type: Article

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