The ''core meme'' meme (Corrected version of 126BQ)

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 569.

Abstract: Differences in mutation rates, transmission chain-length, phenotypic manifestations, or the relative complexity of the mental representations in which they are embedded do not distinguish between ''core'' (intramodular) and ''developing'' (intermodular) memes, as Atran suggests. Dividing memes into types seems premature when our knowledge of mental representation is as imprecise as the unit of biological inheritance was in Darwin's time.

Note: Editorial Aunger R, Univ Cambridge, Univ London Kings Coll, Cambridge CB2 1ST, ENGLAND

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