â April 29, 2010. The normal adult pulse rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm). The heart beats faster during and after exercise, but nervousness can also speed it up. If your pulse rate is elevated whenever you see your doctor for instance, anxiety could be to blame.
mimesis - the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature imitation - the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations 2.
A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation); âmemes are the cultural counterpart of genesâ. Origins of the word The term and concept of meme is from the 1976 book by Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene. Though Dawkins defined the meme as âa unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation,â memeticists vary in their definitions of meme. The lack of a consistent, rigorous definition of what precisely a meme is remains one of the principal criticisms leveled at memetics, the study of memes. (from the Wikipedia) Other Sources