The Role of Contextual Information in Classifying Spontaneous Social Laughter

• Published in: Journal of nonverbal behavior Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 449 - 466
• Main Authors: Rychlowska, Magdalena, McKeown, Gary J., Sneddon, Ian, Curran, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acoustics; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Between-subjects design; Classification; Original Paper; Personality and Social Psychology; Psychology; Social Sciences; Sociology; Amusement; Interaction; Social signal; Laughter; d prime; Embarrassment; Schadenfreude
• ISSN: 0191-5886; 1573-3653
• DOI: 10.1007/s10919-022-00412-7

Laughter is a ubiquitous and important social signal, but its nature is yet to be fully explored. One of the open empirical questions is about the role of context in the interpretation of laughter. Can laughs presented on their own convey specific feelings and social motives? How influential is soci...