Laughing, grooming, and pub science

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-10

  Provine, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; HOMININS; NEW STUDY; SOCIAL GROUPS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

MAMMALS;

ALCOHOL;

BEHAVIOR; CONVERSATION; GROOMING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GROOMING; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871715323     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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