Genes, Memes, Culture, and Mental Illness
Hoyle. Leigh
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Leigh, Hoyle. (author.)
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| Utgitt | Dordrecht : : Springer, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (291 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Contents; Part I What Is Mental Illness? An Epigenetic Model; 1 Genes and Mental Illness; 1.1 The Evolution of the Concept of Mental Illness; 1.2 Gene-Environment gene-environment interaction Interaction and Brain Morphology and Function; 1.3 GeneEnvironment Interaction: Serotonin Transporter Gene as an Exemplar; 1.4 Emerging Model of Mental Illness: Gene Meme Interaction; References; 2 How Does Stress Work The Role of Memes in Epigenesis; 2.1 Stress, Aging, and Disease; 2.2 Stress, Memes, and the Brain; 2.3 Role of Stress and Nurturing in Development: Epigenesis. - 10.1 Niche Culture10.2 How Memes Jump Brains; 10.3 Communication and Memes; 10.4 Memes as a Paradigm Shift in Evolution and Extraterrestrial Diffusion of Memes; 10.5 Cyberspace and Extracerebral Memes; 10.6 Implication of Liberation of Memes from Brains; References; 11 Culture and the Individual; 11.1 Culture as Memetic Niches; 11.2 Individual Brain in a Petri Dish of Culture; 11.3 Memes, Culture, and Anthropology; 11.4 Dominant and Nondominant Memes in Cultures, Zeitgeist, Devious Memes; 11.5 Pathologic Memes. - 11.5.1 Memes That Inhibit or Attenuate the Brain's Executive (Ego) Function: Tradition and Prejudice. - 2.4 Environment Changes Epigenome2.5 Memes and Epigenesis; 2.6 Stress Awakens Dormant Memes Resulting in Mental Illness; References; 3 Culture and Mental Illness; 3.1 Culture and Presenting Symptoms; 3.2 Culture-Specific Psychiatric Syndromes; 3.3 Enculturation and Memes; 3.4 Memes for Being Ill; References; 4 GeneticMemetic Model of Mental Illness Migration and Natural Disasters as Illustrations; 4.1 Migration; 4.2 Natural Disasters; References; Part II Evolution and Mental Health: Genes, Memes, Culture, and the Individual; 5 What Do We Inherit from Our Parents and Ancestors?. - 5.1 Like Parent, Like Child5.2 How Does Culture Affect Behavior?; 5.3 Memes and Cultural Change; 5.4 Memeplexes; References; 6 Genes; 6.1 Human Genes; 6.2 Mendelian Genetics; 6.3 Genes and Mutation; 6.4 Sex-Linked Genes; 6.5 Polygenic Inheritance; 6.6 How Do Genes Work?; References; 7 Evolution; 7.1 In the Beginning; 7.2 In a Changing, Hostile World; 7.3 The Selfish Gene; 7.4 Wonderful Random Errors; 7.5 Wonderful Invention of Sex; 7.6 Darwin and Natural Selection; 7.7 Somatic Evolution; 7.8 Universal Darwinism; References; 8 Learning, Imitation, and Memes; 8.1 Evolution of Complex Organisms. - 8.2 Trial and Error8.3 Learn or Perish; 8.4 Imitation, Shortcut to Learning; 8.5 Coevolution of the Brain and Memes; 8.6 Empathy and Mirror Neuron System; 8.7 Meme Generation and Meme Infection; 8.8 What Is a Meme?; References; 9 Storage and Evolution of Memes in the Brain; 9.1 Storage of Memes as Memory; 9.1.1 Implicit Memory; 9.1.1.1 Short-Term Memory; 9.1.1.2 Long-Term Memory; 9.1.2 Explicit Memory; 9.1.3 Learned Fear; 9.1.4 Learning Safety; 9.1.5 Working Memory; 9.2 Evolution of Memes in the Brain and the Brain Code; References; 10 External Storage of Memes: Culture, Media, Cyberspace. - Memes are bits of information that are replicated and passed on across individuals and generations. Memes arose when the human brain acquired the capacity to imitate others and supplement the genes as a means of providing information to the developing individual. Memes, unlike genes, have evolved rapidly in the course of human history and form the building blocks of culture. Unlike genes, memes can be stored outside of the organism in the form of written language, recordings, and in the digital form that can be replicated and transmitted without intervening human brain, like computer viruses.
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| ISBN | 9781441956705
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