Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science Of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne /
2018 / English / PDF
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In a sparkling debut in the entertaining pop science vein of Mary
Roach, scientist Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show
how swearing can be good for you. 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. 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
language-Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but
convincing case for the foulmouthed.
In a sparkling debut in the entertaining pop science vein of Mary
Roach, scientist Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show
how swearing can be good for you. 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. 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
language-Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but
convincing case for the foulmouthed.
