From ethology to aesthetics: Evolution as a theoretical paradigm for research on laughter, humor, and other comic phenomena

Humor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-281

  Caron, James E ^a  

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EID: 0345816108     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2002.015     Document Type: Article

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