Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1324000287 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A good book about bad language by a trash-talking woman? Sign me up! Swearing Is Good for You makes science feel downright celebratory.” - Mary Norris, best-selling author of Between You & Me
She lives in London. Emma Byrne has written on science, language, and society for the BBC, Science, the BMJ, the Financial Times, and Forbes.
Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies from the “ice bucket test” for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette’s and swearing, to a chimpanzee who curses at her handler in sign languageSwearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.. She reveals how swearing has been around since the earliest humans began to communicate, and has been shown to reduce physical pain, to lower anxiety, to prevent physical violence, to help trauma victims recover language, and to promote human cooperation. An irreverent and impeccably