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What do "mundane" behaviors accomplish?

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Air date: November 18, 2012

Host: David Crabb, MD

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Interview: Robert Provine, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.



Psychologist Robert R. Provine, Ph.D., set out to find the purpose of behaviors we all exhibit, including laughing, yawning and sneezing. In his new book “Curious Behavior,” Provine shares the inspiration behind his book and the parallels between such behaviors in humans and animals.