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https://dx.doi.org/10.48606/bnhwqgyuzsqayz1c Straßheim, Jana Bousquet, Christophe Köchling, Johanna Renner, Britta Schupp, Harald SPREAD - Open-source Toolbox for Quantifying Behavioural Contagion Dynamics University of Konstanz 2026 Psychology dataset Code for SPREAD R Toolbox + 2 Datasets (Case 1: Laughter; Case 2: Eating Behaviour) Dataset Collective Appetite Project Trial info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Behavioural contagion, when one individual’s behaviour increases the likelihood of similar behaviours in others, is a fundamental dimension of social interaction, yet its empirical quantification remains methodologically challenging. This repository provides the open-source R toolbox implementing SPREAD, a unified conceptual and statistical framework for quantifying behavioural contagion in time-series interaction data. SPREAD uses permutation-based analyses to distinguish contagion from chance, resolve latency-specific dynamics, control for behavioural base rates, and accommodate social configuration. The toolbox includes R scripts, a detailed README, and anonymised event-level data from two case studies of laughter and eating in human triads. These case studies demonstrate the complete analytical workflow and evaluate SPREAD across behaviours with distinct temporal dynamics. The associated article explains the conceptual rationale, validation approach, and adaptation of SPREAD to other datasets and is linked under “Related Identifier” in the repository record. SPREAD can be applied to a wide range of event-based behavioural data across human and non-human animal contexts. contagion co-occurrence behaviour base rate differences time windows groups social transmission permutation testing eng https://ror.org/018mejw64 application/x-tar