Laughter: A Scientific Investigation

by	Robert R. Provine

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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.

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Weight	0.24 kg
Dimensions	1.53 × 13.21 × 20.32 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country	USA
by	Robert R. Provine
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	272
Publisher	Penguin Publishing Group
Year Published	2001-12-1
Imprint	Penguin Books
ISBN 10	0141002255
About The Author	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.
	"[A] well-written, often amusing and always fascinating exposé." Scientific American
Table Of Content	Acknowledgments1. Laughter: An Introduction2. The Road Not Taken: Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches to Laughter3. Natural History of Laughter4. Cracking the Laugh Code: From Sound Lab to Opera Studio5. Chimpanzee Laughter, Speech Evolution, and Paleohumorology6. Ticklish Relationships7. Contagious Laughter and the Brain8. Abnormal and Inappropriate Laughter: Clinical Perspectives9. Laughing Your Way to HealthAppendix: Ten Tips for Increasing Laughter: Perspectives from the Mall, Workplace, and ClinicNotesReferencesIndex

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