Investigates various unusual and involuntary human behaviors, including laughing, crying, coughing, and sneezing. Details the evolutionary origins of these behaviors and discusses how their study can offer new perspectives on how the human brain works.
Leading laughter expert Robert R. Provine discusses several aspects of laughter, including its evolution, its contagiousness, its role in social behavior, its neural mechanisms, and its relationship to health.
Leading laughter expert Robert R. Provine discusses several aspects of laughter, including its evolution, its contagiousness, its role in social behavior, its neural mechanisms, and its relationship to health.
