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Published online 23 January 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060123-2
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Laughter paves the way for romance
Studies suggest humour signals big brain and good partner-potential.
If love is blind, then maybe humour is the attention-grabber.
That's the conclusion of two recent studies that confirm a long-standing stereotype of flirting: that women like joky men, while men like women who laugh at their jokes.
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