Reverse social contagion as a mechanism for regulating mass behaviors in highly integrated social systems

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dc.contributor.authorPorfiri, Maurizioen
dc.contributor.authorDe Lellis, Pietroen
dc.contributor.authorAung, Eighdien
dc.contributor.authorMeneses, Santiagoen
dc.contributor.authorAbaid, Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorWaters, Jane S.en
dc.contributor.authorGarnier, Simonen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-06T14:19:38Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-06T14:19:38Zen
dc.date.issued2024-06-26en
dc.description.abstractMass behavior is the rapid adoption of similar conduct by all group members, with potentially catastrophic outcomes such as mass panic. Yet, these negative consequences are rare in integrated social systems such as social insect colonies, thanks to mechanisms of social regulation. Here, we test the hypothesis that behavioral deactivation between active individuals is a powerful social regulator that reduces energetic spending in groups. Borrowing from scaling theories for human settlements and using behavioral data on harvester ants, we derive ties between the hypermetric scaling of the interaction network and the hypometric scaling of activity levels, both relative to the colony size. We use elements of economics theory and metabolic measurements collected with the behavioral data to link activity and metabolic scalings with group size. Our results support the idea that metabolic scaling across social systems is the product of different balances between their social regulation mechanisms.en
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dc.format.extent7 page(s)en
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dc.identifierARTN pgae246 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae246en
dc.identifier.eissn2752-6542en
dc.identifier.issn2752-6542en
dc.identifier.issue7en
dc.identifier.orcidAbaid, Nicole [0000-0002-0053-4710]en
dc.identifier.otherPMC11220668en
dc.identifier.otherpgae246 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid38962249en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124511en
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38962249en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectactivity regulationen
dc.subjectmetabolismen
dc.subjectnetworksen
dc.subjectscaling theoryen
dc.subjectsocial insectsen
dc.titleReverse social contagion as a mechanism for regulating mass behaviors in highly integrated social systemsen
dc.title.serialPNAS Nexusen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-06-05en
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Scienceen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Science/Mathematicsen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Science/COS T&R Facultyen

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