Mad cows don't laugh
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Researchers from the University of Zurich have isolated the cultural differences that people have about being laughed at and conclude that the fear of being laughed at varies enormously among adults in all cultural settings. People who relate the laughter they hear as being directed at themselves are known as “gelotophobes”, from the Greek gelos, laughter and phobos, fear. Gelotophobes have a “pathological fear of appearing to social partners as a ridiculous object”, according to Dr. Michael Titze, and will avoid situations where they may feel threatened by laughter. Researchers know that laughter is a universally human phenomenon.
Title: British stand-up comedy in Geneva
Location: Geneva
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Description: Free entry at Mr. Pickwick Pub0
Date: 10 Dec 2008
