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New Study: Apes Feel More Optimistic After Hearing Laughter, a Shared Trait with Humans that Pre-Dates Language
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This is the conclusion of a study by the journal Scientific Reports. An original work as the positive emotions of animals are largely under-educated in relation to the negative effects.
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Carl Zimmer in the New York Times: If you’ve ever cooed at a baby, you have participated in a very special experience. Indeed, it’s an all but unique one: Whereas humans constantly chatter to their infants, other apes hardly ever do so, a new study reveals. “It’s a new feature that has evolved and massively expanded in our species,” said Johanna Schick, a linguist at the University of Zurich and an author of the study. And that expansion, Dr. Sc…
For centuries laughter has been considered exclusively human, linked to language and a sense of humor. But various scientific studies have shown that all great apes produce vocalizations remarkably similar to laughter. Vocalizations that share evolutionary origins with human laughter. An international study has gone one step further: bonobos show a more optimistic behavior after listening to the laughter vocalizations of their congeners. This fi…
Laughter isn't unique to humans. Bonobos even find it helpful to see life through rose-tinted glasses. This is the conclusion of a study published on June 26 in the journal Scientific Reports. Specifically, the researchers observed during an experiment that these monkeys tend to behave more optimistically after being exposed to the joyful outbursts of their peers. This is an original work, as positive emotions in animals are largely understudied…
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