Not all laughter feels the same. Sometimes it’s warm and inviting. 😀 Other times, it feels sharp or mean. 🙁 It’s not just what’s heard, it’s how it’s understood. 🧠
People rely on nonverbal (“show, don’t tell”) cues to infer someone’s feelings and intentions. However, people often understand these signals in very different ways.
So, what factors determine how something is interpreted?
To learn more about this topic, check out this paper by Martinelli and colleagues (2019)📑: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811918319384?via%3Dihub
Thank you to research assistant Astra Yang for putting together this post!
