James H. Fowler - Selected Publications

Selected Publications

The Framingham Heart Study Social Network

• Fowler, J. H.; Christakis, N. A (3 January 2009). "Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis Over 20 Years in the Framingham Heart Study" (PDF). British Medical Journal 337 (768): a2338. doi:10.1136/bmj.a2338. PMC 2600606. PMID 19056788. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/dynamic_spread_of_happiness.pdf.

• Christakis, N. A.; Fowler, JH (22 May 2008). "The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network" (PDF). New England Journal of Medicine 358 (21): 2249–2258. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa0706154. PMC 2822344. PMID 18499567. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/collective_dynamics_of_smoking.pdf.

• Christakis, N. A.; Fowler, JH (26 July 2007). "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years" (PDF). New England Journal of Medicine 357 (4): 370–379. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa066082. PMID 17652652. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/spread_of_obesity.pdf.

• Cacioppo, J. T.; Fowler, JH; Christakis, NA (December 2009). "Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network" (PDF). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 97 (6): 977–991. doi:10.1037/a0016076. PMC 2792572. PMID 19968414. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/alone_in_the_crowd.pdf.

Genes and Politics

• Fowler, J. H.; Schreiber, D (7 November 2008). "Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature" (PDF). Science 322 (5903): 912–914. doi:10.1126/science.1158188. PMID 18988845. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/biology_and_politics.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Baker, Laura A.; Dawes, Christopher T. (May 2008). "Genetic Variation in Political Participation" (PDF). American Political Science Review 102 (2): 233–248. doi:10.1017/S0003055408080209. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/genetic_basis_of_political_cooperation.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Dawes, Christopher T. (July 2008). "Two Genes Predict Voter Turnout" (PDF). Journal of Politics 70 (3): 579–594. doi:10.1017/S0022381608080638. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/two_genes_predict_voter_turnout.pdf.

• Dawes, C. T.; Fowler, James H. (July 2009). "Partisanship, Voting, and the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene" (PDF). Journal of Politics 71 (3): 1157–1171. doi:10.1017/S002238160909094X. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/partisanship_voting_and_drd2.pdf.

Genes and Social Networks

• Fowler, J.H.; Settle, J. E.; Christakis, N. A. (1 February 2011). "Correlated Genotypes in Friendship Networks" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (5): 1993–1997. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011687108. PMC 3033315. PMID 21245293. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/correlated_genotypes_in_friendship_networks.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Dawes, C. T.; Christakis, N. A. (10 February 2009). "Model of Genetic Variation in Human Social Networks" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (6): 1720–1724. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806746106. PMC 2644104. PMID 19171900. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/genes_and_social_networks.pdf.

Experimental Studies of Cooperation and Egalitarianism

• Cesarini, D.; Dawes, C. T.; Fowler, J. H.; Johannesson, M.; Lichtenstein, P.; Wallace, B. (11 March 2008). "Heritability of Cooperative Behavior in the Trust Game" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (10): 3721–3726. doi:10.1073/pnas.0710069105. PMC 2268795. PMID 18316737. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/heritability_of_cooperative_behavior.pdf.

• Dawes, C. T.; Fowler, JH; Johnson, T; McElreath, R; Smirnov, O (12 April 2007). "Egalitarian Motives in Humans" (PDF). Nature 446 (7137): 794–796. doi:10.1038/nature05651. PMID 17429399. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/egalitarian_motives.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Johnson, Tim; Smirnov, Oleg (6 January 2005). "Egalitarian Motive and Altruistic Punishment" (PDF). Nature 433 (7021): E1. doi:10.1038/nature03256. PMID 15637787. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/egalitarian_motive_and_altruistic_punishment.pdf.

• McDermott, R.; Fowler, James H.; Smirnov, Oleg (April 2008). "On the Evolutionary Origin of Prospect Theory Preferences" (PDF). Journal of Politics 70 (2): 335–350. doi:10.1017/S0022381608080341. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/prospect_theory.pdf.

Evolutionary Models

• Johnson, D.D.P.; Fowler, James H. (15 September 2011). "The Evolution of Overconfidence" (PDF). Nature 477: 317–320. doi:10.1038/nature10384. PMID 21921915. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/evolution_of_overconfidence.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H. (10 May 2005). "Altruistic Punishment and the Origin of Cooperation" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (19): 7047–7049. doi:10.1073/pnas.0500938102. PMC 1100778. PMID 15857950. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/altruistic_punishment_and_the_origin_of_cooperation.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H. (22 September 2005). "Second Order Free Riding Problem Solved" (PDF). Nature 437 (7058): E8. doi:10.1038/nature04201. PMID 16177738. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/second_order.pdf.

Altruism and Political Participation

• Fowler, J. H. (August 2006). "Altruism and Turnout" (PDF). Journal of Politics 68 (3): 674–683. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00453.x. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/altruism_and_turnout.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Kam, Cindy D. (August 2007). "Beyond the Self: Altruism, Social Identity, and Political Participation" (PDF). Journal of Politics 69 (3): 811–825. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00577.x. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/beyond_the_self.pdf.

Legislator Social Networks

• Fowler, J. H. (Fall 2006). "Connecting the Congress: A Study of Cosponsorship Networks" (PDF). Political Analysis 14 (4): 456–487. doi:10.1093/pan/mpl002. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/best_connected_congressperson.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H. (October 2006). "Legislative Cosponsorship Networks in the U.S. House and Senate" (PDF). Social Networks 28 (4): 454–465. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2005.11.003. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/legislative_cosponsorship_networks.pdf.

Voter Social Networks

• Fowler, J. H. (2005). "Turnout in a Small World". In Zuckerman, Alan. Social Logic of Politics. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press. pp. 269–287. ISBN 1-59213-148-4. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/turnout_in_a_small_world.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Smirnov, Oleg (January 2005). "Dynamic Parties and Social Turnout: An Agent-Based Model" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology 110 (4): 1070–1094. doi:10.1086/426554. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/dynamic_parties_and_social_turnout.pdf.

Network of Supreme Court Precedents

• Fowler, J. H.; Jeon, S (January 2008). "The Authority of Supreme Court Precedent" (PDF). Social Networks 30 (1): 16–30. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2007.05.001. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/authority_of_supreme_court_precedent.pdf.

• Fowler, J. H.; Johnson, T. R.; Spriggs, J. F.; Jeon, S.; Wahlbeck, P. J. (July 2007). "Network Analysis and the Law: Measuring the Legal Importance of Supreme Court Precedents" (PDF). Political Analysis 15 (3): 324–346. doi:10.1093/pan/mpm011. http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/network_analysis_and_the_law.pdf.