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Mariska E Kret1,2, Dianne Venneker1,2, Bronwen Evans3

  • 1Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 AK, The Netherlands.

Biology Letters
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PubMed

Keywords:
affectlaughterontogenypositive emotionprimatesvocalization

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