Curious behavior [electronic resource] : yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond / Robert R. Provine.
2012
BF199 .P765 2012eb
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Curious behavior [electronic resource] : yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond / Robert R. Provine.
Author
Provine, Robert R.
ISBN
9780674067226 electronic book
0674048512
9780674048515
0674048512
9780674048515
Publication Details
Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 271 p.) : ill.
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BF199 .P765 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
152.3/2
Summary
"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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.