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Memes: Food for Attitudes and Behavior Crucial for Our Survival
Author(s) -
Kurbel Sven,
Kurbel Beatrica
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201900075
Subject(s) - memetics , context (archaeology) , cognitive science , frame (networking) , psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology , communication , biology , artificial intelligence , paleontology , telecommunications
An effort is made to frame memes within a human evolutionary context in which memes are complex emotion‐related tools of enhanced learning and spread of language, art, culture and technology. The basic idea is that any information can become a meme if emotions are evoked in a recipient. The evolution of human brain with memetic capabilities thus produced modern humans.
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