Funny Science: Review: Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why and The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
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In Robert Provine's review of Ha: The Science of When We Laugh and Why and The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny, he leans on his own analysis of simple instincts such as laughing and yawning and his research for his own book, Laughter: A Scientific Investigation.
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دوره 2014 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014