Gregory Bryant
Gregory Bryant appears on this site as first author of the 2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper on detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies.
Who they are
The work of Gregory Bryant reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Colaughter Affiliation Signal.
Key papers
Bryant, G. A., Fessler, D. M. T., Fusaroli, R., Clint, E., Aarøe, L., Apicella, C. L., et al. (2016). Detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(17), 4682-4687. What it reports: Listeners in 24 societies heard short clips of two people laughing together and judged whether they were friends or recent strangers. Accuracy was above chance in every society.
Key ideas
Colaughter Affiliation Signal: Shared laughter carries cues that listeners use to judge whether two people are friends.
Sources
- Bryant, G. A., Fessler, D. M. T., Fusaroli, R., Clint, E., Aarøe, L., Apicella, C. L., et al. (2016). Detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(17), 4682-4687.