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Reciprocity of laughing, humor, and tickling, but not tearing and crying, in the sexual marketplace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Robert R. Provine
Robert R. Provine
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21250. provine@umbc.edu
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Abstract

Laughing, humor, and tickling, but not tearing and crying, involve the give-and-take that provides value and a basis for exchange in the psychosexual marketplace.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 400 - 401
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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