woensdag 18 maart 2015

Artikel: Laughter is an effective catalyst for new relationships

‘Laughter is an effective catalyst for new relationships’, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150316160747.htm, ScienceDaily (March 16, 2015).

Intimate information

The participants who had a good laugh together shared significantly more intimate information than the groups who did not watch the comedy routine. (…) Findings support the idea that laughter encourages people to make more intimate disclosures to strangers.

Oorspronkelijk

Alan W. Gray, Brian Parkinson, Robin I. Dunbar, 'Laughter’s Influence on the Intimacy of Self-Disclosure', Human Nature, 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s12110-015-9225-8

Links

‘Laughter is an effective catalyst for new relationships’, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150316160747.htm, ScienceDaily (March 16, 2015).

Alan W. Gray, Brian Parkinson, Robin I. Dunbar, 'Laughter’s Influence on the Intimacy of Self-Disclosure', Human Nature, 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s12110-015-9225-8