title: Pathogens promote matrilocal family ties and the copying of foreign religions.
abstract: Within the same pathogen-stress framework as proposed by Fincher & Thornhill (F&T), we argue further that pathogen stress promotes matrilocal rather than patrilocal family ties which, in turn, slow down the process of modernity; and that pathogen stress promotes social learning or copying, including the adoption of foreign religions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. leichang@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hui Jing
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bao Pei
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological