Laughter: A Scientific Investigation
Robert R. Provine$22.95
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141002255
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.42w x 0.59d
Review Citations: Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 45
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141002255
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.42w x 0.59d
Review Citations: Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 45