From obesity to suicide, including violence, self-harm, and certain collective behaviors, scientific research has shown that our behavior is influenced by the people around us. But experts caution: talking about “social contagion” does not mean that a behavior is mechanically transmitted from one person to another. There are behaviors that seem to spread as if […]
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