Course material for NACS 645: Introduction to Cognitive Science (Fall 2025) at the University of Maryland. Sessions covered: Social networks (beliefs in crowds).

Required readings:

Guilbeault, D., Becker, J., & Centola, D. (2018). Complex contagions: A decade in review. Complex spreading phenomena in social systems: Influence and contagion in real-world social networks, 3-25.
Wheatley, T., Thornton, M. A., Stolk, A., & Chang, L. J. (2024). The emerging science of interacting minds. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(2), 355-373.

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