研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，笑的錄音讓“老爸笑話(huà)”更好笑

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，笑的錄音讓“老爸笑話(huà)”更好笑

Don’t scoff at laugh tracks: they work.

別看不起笑的錄音：它們可很有用。

According to a report published Monday in the journal Current Biology, having recorded laughter play while corny “dad jokes” are told makes people find them funnier. Spontaneous laughter, researchers found, is more effective than posed laughter, and impacts both neurotypical people and those with autism.

根據(jù)周一發(fā)表在《當(dāng)代生物學(xué)》雜志上的一篇報(bào)道，當(dāng)人們講老掉牙的“老爸笑話(huà)”時(shí)，播放笑聲的錄音會(huì)讓他們覺(jué)得更有趣。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，自發(fā)的笑比做作的笑更有效，對(duì)神經(jīng)質(zhì)的人和自閉癥患者都有影響。

“I’m fascinated that not only does laughter make the joke seem funnier, but that the more spontaneous the laughter, the funnier it makes the joke!” says study author Sophie Scott of the University College London in a press release.

“我著迷的是，笑不僅使笑話(huà)看起來(lái)更有趣，而且笑越自發(fā)，笑話(huà)就越有趣!”倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的研究作者索菲·斯科特在新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說(shuō)。

For the study, researchers had a comedian read bad jokes to two groups, one in silence, the other while accompanied by a laugh track. Half the time, the laugh track played was posed, and the other half, spontaneous-sounding.

在這項(xiàng)研究中，研究人員讓一名喜劇演員給兩組人讀老笑話(huà)，一組人在安靜的環(huán)境中，另一組人在聽(tīng)著笑聲的同時(shí)聽(tīng)笑話(huà)。一半的時(shí)間，播放做作的笑，另一半時(shí)間，播放自發(fā)的笑。

In the two groups, participants included both neurotypical and autistic members.

在這兩組參與者中，既包括神經(jīng)病患者，也包括自閉癥患者。

Researchers concluded the effect of laughter was the same for both participant types, concluding that everyone is influenced by laughter, be it consciously or subconsciously: the laugh track made the jokes far funnier.

研究人員得出的結(jié)論是，笑對(duì)兩類(lèi)參與者的效果是一樣的，他們得出的結(jié)論是，每個(gè)人都會(huì)受到笑的影響，不管是有意識(shí)的還是潛意識(shí)的:笑的軌跡讓笑話(huà)變得更有趣。

“We are overwhelmingly more likely to laugh when we are with other people,” the study concludes, “the presence of laughter enhances how funny people find jokes.”

研究總結(jié)道:“當(dāng)我們和其他人在一起的時(shí)候，我們笑的可能性更大。笑的存在增強(qiáng)了人們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑話(huà)的趣味性。”

Next, Scott wants to look into why this is.

接下來(lái)，斯科特想看看為什么會(huì)這樣。

“We want to do a brain-scanning study so we can see how the laughter influences joke perception in the brain, and whether this is the same for everyone,” says Scott.

斯科特說(shuō):“我們想做一項(xiàng)大腦掃描研究，這樣我們就能看到笑是如何影響大腦對(duì)笑話(huà)的感知，以及這是否對(duì)每個(gè)人都一樣。”