"It's not funny if they're laughing": Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 542-550

  Platow, Michael J ^a,c   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Both, Amanda ^a   Chew, Ivanne ^a   Cuddon, Michelle ^a   Goharpey, Nahal ^a   Maurer, Jacqui ^a   Rosini, Simone ^a   Tsekouras, Anna ^a   Grace, Diana M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 22744459226     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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