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Laughter: A Scientific Investigation

By Robert R. Provine

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2001
ISBN
9781101659250
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1512845 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-03 07:05:24
NonfictionPSY013000PSY031000PsychologySCI036000Science

Description

Do men and women laugh at the same things? Is laughter contagious? Has anyone ever really died laughing? Is laughing good for your health? Drawing upon ten years of research into this most common-yet complex and often puzzling-human phenomenon, Dr. Robert Provine, the world's leading scientific expert on laughter, investigates such aspects of his subject as its evolution, its role in social relationships, its contagiousness, its neural mechanisms, and its health benefits. This is an erudite, wide-ranging, witty, and long-overdue exploration of a frequently surprising subject.

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