| Description |
ix, 258 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Laughter -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
0670893757 |
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