When around others. Scott wanted to investigate whether that theory was true and it peoples perceptions about
What is funny could be influenced
How did hearing laughter
affect people in the study?
After hearing fake laughs but not
spontaneousnes people stopped
laughing
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After heng both spontaneous and
fake lough people geskes higher
Researchers had study participants listen to 40 groen
Worthy jokes. Then they rated the jokes on a scale of 1 to 7
regarding how funny they were
Alte hang sotonus loughs but
Not foke ones people told
Unsurprising the jokes recewed low ratings from study
participants ranging from 15 to 375 However, when
recorded laughter followed the jokes, the trend changed
and ratings went up The ratings improved 15 to 20
percent when participants heard spontaneous laughter
and 10 percent when the jokes were accompanied by
forces toke sounding laughter
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