Contagion may refer to:
Medicine
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Contagious disease
A contagious disease is an infectious disease that is readily spread (that is, communicated) by transmission of a pathogen through contact (direct or indirect) with an infected person.
A disease is often known to be contagious before medical s ...
Social science
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Emotional contagion
Emotional contagion is a form of social contagion that involves the spontaneous spread of emotions and related behaviors. Such emotional convergence can happen from one person to another, or in a larger group. Emotions can be shared across individ ...
, a tendency to feel others' emotions
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Behavioral contagion
Behavioral contagion is a form of social contagion involving the spread of behavior through a group. It refers to the propensity for a person to copy a certain behavior of others who are either in the vicinity, or whom they have been exposed to. Th ...
, a tendency to mimic others' behavior
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Law of contagion The law of contagion is a superstitious folk belief that suggests that once two people or objects have been in contact, a magical link persists between them unless or until a formal cleansing, consecration, exorcism, or other act of banishing brea ...
, a folk belief related to magical thinking
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Financial contagion
Financial contagion refers to "the spread of market disturbances mostly on the downside from one country to the other, a process observed through co-movements in exchange rates, stock prices, sovereign spreads, and capital flows". Financial contag ...
, a scenario in which financial shocks spread to other financial sectors
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Hysterical contagion In social psychology, hysterical contagion occurs when people in a group show signs of a physical problem or illness, when in reality there are psychological and social forces at work.
Hysterical contagion is a strong form of social contagion; the ...
, an effect in which a group exhibits physical symptoms due to a psychological cause
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Sacred contagion Sacred contagion is the belief that spiritual properties within an object, place, or person may be passed to another object, place, or person, usually by direct contact or physical proximity. While the concept of sacred contagion has existed in nume ...
, the belief that spiritual properties pass from one entity to another
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Complex contagion
Complex contagion is the phenomenon in social networks in which multiple sources of exposure to an innovation are required before an individual adopts the change of behavior. It differs from simple contagion in that unlike a disease, it may not be ...
, a social networking phenomenon
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Contagion heuristic The contagion heuristic is a psychological heuristic which follows the law of contagion and the law of similarity, leading people to avoid contact with people or objects viewed as "contaminated" by previous contact with someone or something viewed ...
, a psychological technique
Film and television
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''Contagion'' (1987 film), directed by Karl Zwicky
* ''Contagion'' (2002 film), featuring
Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series '' How the West Was Won'', '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King ...
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''Contagion'' (2011 film), directed by Steven Soderbergh
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"Contagion" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), 1989 TV episode
Music
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''Contagion'' (Oceano album), 2010
* "Contagion", a song by Black Dahlia Murder on the 2003 album ''
Unhallowed
''Unhallowed'' is the debut studio album by American melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder. It was released through Metal Blade Records on June 17, 2003. An enhanced version of the album was released that included photos and info ab ...
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Other uses
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''Contagion'' (novel), by Robin Cook
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Batman: Contagion'', a comic book story arc
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Coded Arms: Contagion'', a 2007 video game
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''Contagion'' (video game), a 2014 video game
See also
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Contagious (disambiguation)
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