Humor and the brain: A selective review

Humor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-333

  Fry, William F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0242646794     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2002.017     Document Type: Review

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