Historical Disease Prevalence, Cultural Values, and Global Innovation

Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 145 - 174
Published: Apr 8, 2020
Abstract
The historical prevalence of infectious diseases has had an enduring effect on innovation around the world. Building on the Parasite Stress Theory of Values, we propose a framework suggestive that the impact of historical disease pathogens on contemporary innovation is transmitted through the development of cultural values as an evolutionary psychological immune system response to ecological conditions. Economic and social interaction between...
Paper Details
Title
Historical Disease Prevalence, Cultural Values, and Global Innovation
Published Date
Apr 8, 2020
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
145 - 174
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