Do Children Laugh Like Their Parents? Conversational Laughter Mimicry Occurrence and Acoustic Alignment in Middle-Childhood.

Laughter is ubiquitous and crucial in social interactions. In addition to conveying meaning, it is a valuable means for monitoring interlocutor mental states and mutual cognitive alignment. Laughter has been shown to be informative about the pragmatic development of preschool children. The current p...

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Published in:	Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 53 - 84
Main Authors:	Mazzocconi, Chiara, O'Brien, Benjamin, Bodur, Kübra, Fourtassi, Abdellah
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Mar2025
Subjects:	Conversation Parent-child relationships Psychology of parents Interpersonal relations Laughter Cognition Children Sound Research funding Descriptive statistics Comparative studies
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