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Refuting Groupthink, Network Dynamics Group Research Proves That Wisdom of Crowds Can Prevail

Real-world implications include climate-change science, financial forecasting, medical decision-making, and organizational design.

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Study Finds Linkage Between Social Network Structure and Brain Activity

People who are surrounded by different types of social networks use their brains differently.

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Forbush Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Forbush will receive three years of funding to conduct individual research.

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How Your Brain Makes Articles Go Viral

Why do some articles spread and others don’t? How does your brain decide what to read and share?

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Want To Exercise More? Get Yourself Some Competition.

In a new study, competition proved a far stronger motivation for exercise than friendly support.

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Computational Social Science Course Brings Annenberg, Northwestern, and Wisconsin Together

The graduate course on the emerging field of computational social science brings the three schools together in real time.

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When Social Movements Reach Their Tipping Point, and Why Scientific Collaboration is Important

Collective effervescence shows how the actions of a few activists online can bubble up, spread, and shape history.