Emotional contagion can be triggered by nonverbals such as facial expressions as well as by overt conversational or behavioral cues: A smile can spread from one person to another, and someone who ...

Anyone who watched the movie Contagion may remember the dramatic scene when Gwyneth Paltrow seized on her kitchen floor as the world battled a virus that causes severe encephalitis. The movie ...

The fight to eradicate polio has been long and difficult. It’s been nearly 50 years since vaccines eliminated the disease in ...

Any kind of behavior change you wish to effectuate that involves social contagion can in principle be enhanced by using this technique.” The study is part of a large multi-year project in ...

"We found that targeting people's friends for an intervention induced significant social contagion, creating cascades of beneficial health practices to people who didn't receive the intervention ...

A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social contagion. Human beings are likely to adopt the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors of those around them.

Still, the “coup contagion” lurks on Africa’s political horizon, as a recent foiled attempt in South Sudan shows. A spate of other coup attempts in African states over the last several years ...

Moms and Dads across America are “concerned about what their children are being taught in schools. They’re worried that their children and grandchildren are being silently transitioned.  And ...

S&P Global Market Intelligence explores possible credit contagion effects from the corporate sector to real estate by using S ...

The movement on campuses is currently very limited in Europe, where authorities are torn between showing firmness and ...

The UK’s water industry may struggle to attract fresh financing should Thames Water’s senior bondholders end up facing losses, according to a survey of investors by Barclays Plc. Protecting ...