Comparison of the psychological effects of exercise and humor

Mood and Human Performance: Conceptual, Measurement, and Applied Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 201-216

  Szabo, Attila ^a,b  

^a National Institute for Sport Talent Care   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

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