@article{ref1,
title="Memes, fears and suicide",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Mitra, Sayantanava",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Memes are described as units of cultural transmission, evolving and undergoing natural selection following the same Darwinian principles as genes, exerting a &quot;second evolutionary force affecting human development&quot;. Rapidly expanding social networks and plummeting costs of data (resources, R) are enriching the memetic pool by bringing cultures in contact, adding newer variations and providing memes with a fertile ground to reproduce and propagate. However, in absence of infinite R, ensuing evolutionary pressure is likely to produce a struggle for survival and select variations which are &quot;advantageous&quot; for the host. Given the substrate-neutral nature of evolutionary processes, it is not difficult to extrapolate some of the key features of genetic evolution to determine memetic fitness of a population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-8674",
doi="10.1177/0004867420976847",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867420976847"
}