The social life of laughter

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 618-620

  Scott, Sophie K ^a   Lavan, Nadine ^b   Chen, Sinead ^a   McGettigan, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation; Emotion; Laughter; Motor control; Voice

Indexed keywords

CHIMPANZEE; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LAUGHTER; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL LIFE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HEARING; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAUGHTER; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLITION;

EID: 84927137236     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.002     Document Type: Note

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