Vocal Expression of Affective States in Spontaneous Laughter reveals the Bright and the Dark Side of Laughter

Abstract It has been shown that the acoustical signal of posed laughter can convey affective information to the listener. However, because posed and spontaneous laughter differ in a number of significant aspects, it is unclear whether affective communication generalises to spontaneous laughter. To a...

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Main Authors: Diana P. Szameitat, André J. Szameitat, Dirk Wildgruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09416-1