Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 32 / Issue 05 / October 2009, pp 400-401
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09991002 (About DOI), Published online: 14 October 2009
Open Peer Commentary
Reciprocity of laughing, humor, and tickling, but not tearing and crying, in the sexual marketplace
Robert R. Provinea1
a1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21250. provine@umbc.edu
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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