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HUMOR International Journal of Humor Research Editor-in-Chief: Lawrence E. Mintz ISSN 0933-1719 HUMOR online Online access is now available to all institutional subscribers of the print version at no extra charge. To register for free online access, please contact us at o-journalsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedeGruyter.com for more information. Volume 15, Number 3 (2002) Contents JAMES E. CARON >From ethology to aesthetics: Evolution as a theoretical paradigm for research on laughter, humor, and other comic phenomena MARTIN F�HR Coping humor in early adolescence WILLIAM F. FRY Humor and the brain: A selective review Book Reviews ROBERT R. PROVINE: Laughter: A Scientific Investigation by Wilibald Ruch GREG DEAN:Step by Step to Standup Comedy by Arthur Asa Berger SETH LERER: Comedy through the Ages By John Morreall HERBERT M. LEFCOURT: Humor: The Psychology of Living Buoyantly by Rod A. Martin RORBERT ORBEN: Speaker's Handbook of Humor By Art Gliner Newsletter For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: wdg-info
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