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“Laughing” rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy?

Physiology & Behavior · 2003 · Vol. 79(3) · pp. 533–547

Jaak Panksepp✉(Northwestern University)Jeff Burgdorf(Bowling Green State University)

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Infant Health and Development Stress Responses and CortisolLaughterPsychologyAffect (linguistics)AddictionMoodCognitive psychologyRelevance (law)NeuroscienceDevelopmental psychologySocial psychology

MeSH terms

Acoustic StimulationAnimalsConditioning, PsychologicalEmotionsBiological EvolutionHumansLaughterModels, PsychologicalPlay and PlaythingsTouchVocalization, AnimalRats

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460

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11.01

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