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Week # 1 - January 10, 2008
Let’s laugh!
What is laughter? Recognizing,
vocalizing, defining, and using laughter. Physiology and evolution of laughter.
Is laughing what makes us human or is it smiling?
Readings for Week 1:
EW: #1
Provine, Robert R.: Chapters
1-3. Pp. 1-53. Chapter 5. Pp. 75-97. |
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In Robert R. Provine:
Laughter. A Scientific Investigation. Viking. 2000.
Polimeni, Joseph & Jeffrey
P. Reiss: The First Joke: Exploring the Evolutionary Origins of Humor.
In Evolutionary Psychology. Vol. 4. 2006. Pp. 347-366. www.human-nature.com./ep/downloads/ep04347366.pdf
Strubbe, Bill: Getting Serious
About Laughter. In World And I. 2003. www.worldandi.com/newhome/public/2003/march/nspub.asp
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