Provine, Robert R.
Laughter a scientific investigation / [[Book] :] Laughter. Robert R. Provine. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2001. - ix, 258 p. : ill., music ; 21 cm.
Previously published: New York : Viking, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.
Laughter: an introduction -- The road not taken: philosophical and theoretical approaches to laughter -- Natural history of laughter -- Cracking the laugh code: from sound lab to opera studio -- Chimpanzee laughter, speech evolution, and paleohumorology -- Ticklish relationships -- Contagious laughter and the brain -- Abnormal and inappropriate laughter: clinical perspectives -- Laughing your way to health.
All age.
0141002255
Laughter--Psychological aspects.
152.43
/ P L
Laughter a scientific investigation / [[Book] :] Laughter. Robert R. Provine. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2001. - ix, 258 p. : ill., music ; 21 cm.
Previously published: New York : Viking, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.
Laughter: an introduction -- The road not taken: philosophical and theoretical approaches to laughter -- Natural history of laughter -- Cracking the laugh code: from sound lab to opera studio -- Chimpanzee laughter, speech evolution, and paleohumorology -- Ticklish relationships -- Contagious laughter and the brain -- Abnormal and inappropriate laughter: clinical perspectives -- Laughing your way to health.
All age.
0141002255
Laughter--Psychological aspects.
152.43
/ P L