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Laughter

A Scientific Investigation

A Scientific Investigation

By Robert R. Provine

By Robert R. Provine

By Robert R. Provine

By Robert R. Provine

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Dec 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780141002255

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    About Laughter

    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.

    About Laughter

    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.

    About Robert R. Provine

    Robert R. Provine has authored more than fifty research articles concerning developmental neuroscience and animal and human behavior. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, 20/20, and Scientific American Frontiers.

    About Robert R. Provine

    Robert R. Provine has authored more than fifty research articles concerning developmental neuroscience and animal and human behavior. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, 20/20, and Scientific American Frontiers.

    Product Details

    Category: Psychology | Science & Technology

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 01, 2001 | 272 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780141002255

    Category: Psychology | Science & Technology

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 01, 2001 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781101659250

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    Praise

    “[A] well-written, often amusing and always fascinating exposé.” —Scientific American

    Table Of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    1. Laughter: An Introduction
    2. The Road Not Taken: Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches to Laughter
    3. Natural History of Laughter
    4. Cracking the Laugh Code: From Sound Lab to Opera Studio
    5. Chimpanzee Laughter, Speech Evolution, and Paleohumorology
    6. Ticklish Relationships
    7. Contagious Laughter and the Brain
    8. Abnormal and Inappropriate Laughter: Clinical Perspectives
    9. Laughing Your Way to Health
    Appendix: Ten Tips for Increasing Laughter: Perspectives from the Mall, Workplace, and Clinic
    Notes
    References
    Index

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