It's funny because we think it's true: laughter is augmented by implicit preferences

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Lynch, Robert ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial Action Coding System; Implicit Association Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749089991     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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