Gelotophobia and the challenges of implementing laughter into virtual agents interactions.

Front Hum Neurosci · 2014 · PMC4235412 · PMID 25477803

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just failed to be significantp = 0.068so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

While the non-gelotophobes found the laugh involving the high-intense body movement disproportionately more friendly, the interaction between intensity and level of gelotophobia just failed to be significant, F (1, 89) = 3.42, p = 0.068.

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The functions of smiling and laughter are highly significant for social interactions and communication [e.g., Chapman ( 1983 ), Glenn ( 2003 ), Holt ( 2010 )].

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