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

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ID21475717
AuthorsChiara Mazzocconi (0000-0002-8267-1590, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Benjamin O’Brien (0000-0001-7024-2337, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse), Kübra Bodur (0009-0007-1221-3336, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Abdellah Fourtassi (0000-0003-0279-7730, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Year2025
Volume49
Issue1
Pages53-83
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Nonverbal Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0191-5886 • E-ISSN: 1573-3653
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10919-025-00478-z
OpenAlexW4407357027
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited170

Biology · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Laughter · Mimicry · Zoology · Communication · Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Multisensory perception and integration · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
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