Laughter: A Scientific Investigation

Laughter: A Scientific Investigation

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Author: Robert Provine

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 272


In this fascinating book Robert Provine uses laughter as a powerful probe into human social relationships, revealing that tickling is a form of tactile communication; that women laugh more at men than vice versa; that speakers laugh more than their audiences; and that laughter is mostly about relationships, not jokes. Laughter also reveals why apes can't talk - and how the evolution of bipedality and increased breath control were necessary for the emergence of human speech.The first work to establish laughter as a topic of scientific worth, Laughter: A Scientific Investigation also includes such esoterica as the history of holy laughter, laughing gas, canned laughter, and a description of the Tanganyikan laughter epidemic that immobilized an entire school district in 1962.


Format: Paperback
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Robert Provine

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 272


In this fascinating book Robert Provine uses laughter as a powerful probe into human social relationships, revealing that tickling is a form of tactile communication; that women laugh more at men than vice versa; that speakers laugh more than their audiences; and that laughter is mostly about relationships, not jokes. Laughter also reveals why apes can't talk - and how the evolution of bipedality and increased breath control were necessary for the emergence of human speech.The first work to establish laughter as a topic of scientific worth, Laughter: A Scientific Investigation also includes such esoterica as the history of holy laughter, laughing gas, canned laughter, and a description of the Tanganyikan laughter epidemic that immobilized an entire school district in 1962.