Curious behavior : yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond / Robert R. Provine.

  • Provine, Robert R.
Date:
2012
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Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

Physical description

vii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Contents

Introduction -- Yawning -- Laughing -- Vocal crying -- Emotional tearing -- Whites of the eyes -- Coughing -- Sneezing -- Hiccupping -- Vomiting and nausea -- Tickling -- Itching and scratching -- Farting and belching -- Prenatal behavior.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PQN /PRO
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780674048515
  • 0674048512