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If humor among humans does in fact does serve a function that approximates what the laid-back social approach does for baboons, then we should be able to observe a relationship between humor and how humans deal with stress in their everyday lives. In turn, we should find that humor has effects on our health and well-being.
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Lefcourt, H.M. (2001). Humor as a Coping Strategy. In: Humor. The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4287-2_8
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