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Here is a very small selection of the very extensive sources on laughter research and some more general reading and on-line sources on the subject:

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Other online articles of scientific interest include:

There are hundreds of scientific research today on the impact of laughter, humor and comedy. A very comprehensive resource is PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

The following list was compiled by Don L. F. Nilsen, English Department, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 (don.nilsen@asu.edu)

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