Test subject in the experiment: Electrodes on the skin measure the activity of the facial muscles. The colorful picture puzzle is intended to distract from the joke. Immediately after each joke, the test subject saw and heard a laughing person. (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Test subject in the experiment: Electrodes on the skin measure the activity of the facial muscles. The colorful picture puzzle is intended to distract from the joke. Immediately after each joke, the test subject saw and heard a laughing person.

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Test subject in the experiment: Electrodes on the skin measure the activity of the facial muscles. The colorful picture puzzle is intended to distract from the joke. Immediately after each joke, the test subject saw and heard a laughing person — a social stimulus that makes it difficult to suppress laughter.

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Anne Schacht

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