This paper uses a triadic experimental design to conduct trust and reciprocity experiments. The experiments with game triads discriminate between transfers resulting from trust or reciprocity and transfers resulting from (intentions-unconditional) other-regarding preferences. Alternative treatments vary the environment of the experiments from a weak to a strong social context. The observations ...

When a “following” link is formed in a social network, will the link trigger the formation of other neighboring links? We study the diffusion phenomenon of the formation of “following” links by proposing a model to describe this link diffusion process. To estimate the diffusion strength between different links, we first conduct an analysis on the diffusion effect in 24 triadic structures and fi...

The goal of this article is to clarify the relationship between the topos of triads and the neo-Riemannian PLR-group. To do this, we first develop some theory of generalized interval systems: 1) we prove the well known fact that every pair of dual groups is isomorphic to the left and right regular representations of some group (Cayley’s Theorem), 2) given a simply transitive group action, we sh...

Abstract. In this work, we unveil the evolution of social relationships across the lifespan. This evolution reflects the dynamic social strategies that people use to fulfill their social needs. For this work we utilize a large mobile network complete with user demographic information. We find that while younger individuals are active in broadening their social relationships, seniors tend to kee...

The mobile era of electronic communication has created a huge semiotic system, constructed out of triadic components envisaged by the American scientist and philosopher Charles S. Peirce (1839–1914), such as icons, indices and symbols, and signs, objects and interpretants. Iconic signs bear a physical resemblance to what they represent. Indices point at something and say “there!”, and symbols s...

Clinical research is increasingly conducted in real-world settings. Osteopathic practices represent natural laboratories for studying the distinctiveness of osteopathic medicine. The Osteopathic Research Center (ORC) recently developed a triadic paradigm for research consisting of the Consortium for Collaborative Osteopathic Research Development (CONCORD), its affiliated practice-based research...