Effects of Group Laughter on Responses to Humorous Material
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 30 (1) , 132-134
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1972.30.1.132
Abstract
Forty Ss listened to two humorous recordings one with and one without the dubbed laughter of a group of people. In the condition of group laughter Ss laughed more frequently and for longer. They also rated the humorous material as more amusing.Keywords
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