Social influence during public crises: Weekly dynamics and adaptive patterns of conformity to the collective following the COVID-19 outbreak

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 25, June 2025. <br/>SignificanceConformity to the collective significantly increased after the first wave of the nationwide COVID-19 crisis erupted in China compared with prior weeks. These increases were determined through nonparticipatory observation of real-world online …