Social laughter is correlated with an elevated pain threshold

Dunbar, R. I. M., Baron, Rebecca, Frangou, Anna, Pearce, Eiluned, van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Stow, Julie, Partridge, Giselle, MacDonald, Ian, Barra, Vincent, van Vugt, Mark·2012·Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2011.1373

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