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" Curious behavior : "
Robert R. Provine
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BL
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631872
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Provine, Robert R
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Curious behavior : : yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond /\ Robert R. Provine
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vii, 271 pages :: illustrations, graphs ;; 22 cm
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9780674048515
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: 0674048512
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Yawning -- Laughing -- Vocal crying -- Emotional tears -- Whites of the eyes -- Coughing -- Sneezing -- Hiccupping -- Vomiting and nausea -- Tickling -- Itching and scratching -- Farting and belching -- Prenatal behavior
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"Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread--in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation, these instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be uniquely valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species." -- Back jacket
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Human behavior
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Human biology
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Neuropsychology
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Evolutionary psychology
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Behavior
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Eructation
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Flatulence
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Crying
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Sneezing
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Vomiting
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PSYCHOLOGY / Physiol
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
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152.3/2
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BF199.P765 2012
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| Parallel Title
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Yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond
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