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Relational Psychology (BONDING VIA LAUGHING) with Sara Algoe and Laura Kurtz
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- Relationships & psychology
Basement card games. Fireside reminiscing. Being forced to learn a dance. Does acting like a cornball matter? Will bits save your life? Yes. I got myself to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to talk with research psychologists Dr. Sara Algoe and Dr. Laura Kurtz, who also run the research collective, The Love Consortium. They’re the team behind studies proving that laughing does predict and enhance lasting social support and lead to longer, better lives. We chat sneaky studies, in person vs. remote hangouts, which came first: the giggle or the oxytocin, which “novel and arousing” activi...
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Oh hey, this is a special bonus episode of Ologies and it's brought to you by VRBO. And we wanted to go into the psychology of laughing and bonding. Why is laughing together one of the fastest ways humans bond? What's going on psychologically?
Does anyone study this? Of course someone does. And of course, when I was on the East Coast two weeks ago, I dropped into their office and I sat down and I hung out with them in person.
And it was hard not to laugh through the entire thing. This is just one of those studies that's acute, but it's also incredibly important for human survival. And I love that we got to record this together because a lot of those moments happen when we're relaxed and we're just spending time together, especially when you're traveling or you're just
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