Signal propagation in complex networks drives epidemics, is responsible for information
going viral, promotes trust and facilitates moral behavior in social groups, enables the …

Integration of social cues to initiate adaptive emotional and behavioral responses is a
fundamental aspect of animal and human behavior. In humans, social communication …

A ubiquitous type of collective behavior and decision-making is the coordinated motion of
bird flocks, fish schools, and human crowds. Collective decisions to move in the same …

The dynamic patterns and coordinated motion displayed by groups of social animals are a
beautiful example of self-organization in natural far-from-equilibrium systems. Recent …

Biomimetic robots that replace living social interaction partners can help elucidate the
underlying interaction rules in animal groups. Our review focuses on the use of interactive …

Interacting particle system (IPS) models have proven to be highly successful for describing
the spatial movement of organisms. However, it is challenging to infer the interaction rules …

Thus far the articles in the series JOD calls the “Organization Zoo” have employed the notion
of a “zoo” metaphorically to describe an array of human institutions. Here we take the term …

Differences within a biological system are ubiquitous, creating variation in nature. Variation
underlies all evolutionary processes and allows persistence and resilience in changing …

Contemporary swarm indicators are often used in isolation, focussed on extracting
information at the individual or collective levels. Consequently, these are seldom integrated …

Seeking to match our emotional state with one of those around us is known as emotional
contagion-a fundamental biological process that underlies social behavior across several …