Real vs. Fake Laughter Test, Little-Know Perfectionist Signs, and Scientific Field Expeditions

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you'll learn about little known signs you might be a perfectionist,
0:10.0	how you can explore the outdoors for science on a scientific field expedition,
0:14.3	and we'll see if you can tell fake laughter from real laughter.
0:17.2	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:18.6	Can you tell real laughter from fake laughter?
0:21.3	Well, a new study says you can, but we're going to see how good you
0:24.8	are at it. That includes you Cody. Oh boy. First here's some background.
0:28.9	Greg Bryant is a communications professor nicknamed the Laughter Guy,
0:33.4	since he's done so much research on the topic.
0:35.8	He gathered 884 people from 21 different countries,
0:39.8	including six continents,
0:41.4	to see if they could tell the difference between real laughter and fake laughter.
0:45.0	Nearly two-thirds of participants were able to guess right, even if they were from different cultures or spoke different languages.
0:51.0	Along with his other research, Bryant says that this supports the idea that laughter is something
0:55.6	intrinsic to humans, not just something with cultural roots.
0:59.6	Humans are social creatures, right?
1:01.4	Well, in another similar study, Bryant found that
1:03.8	listeners from different cultures could tell when laughs were shared between
1:07.2	strangers and when they were shared between friends. So a laugh is worth a
	...

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