Evolution of laughter from play
Evolution of laughter from play
In this hypothesis, I discuss how laughter from physical play could have evolved to being induced via visual or even verbal stimuli, and serves as a signal to highlight incongruity that could potentially pose a threat to survival. I suggest how laughter's induction could have negated the need for physical contact in play, evolving from its use in tickling, to tickle-misses, and to taunting, and I discuss how the application of deep learning neural networks trained on images of spectra of a variety of laughter types from a variety of individuals or even species, could be used to determine such evolutionary pathways via the use of latent space exploration.
Deep learning, emotions, evolution, latent space, laughter, social behavior, tickling
Grant-Jacob, James A.
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8 April 2024
Grant-Jacob, James A.
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Abstract
In this hypothesis, I discuss how laughter from physical play could have evolved to being induced via visual or even verbal stimuli, and serves as a signal to highlight incongruity that could potentially pose a threat to survival. I suggest how laughter's induction could have negated the need for physical contact in play, evolving from its use in tickling, to tickle-misses, and to taunting, and I discuss how the application of deep learning neural networks trained on images of spectra of a variety of laughter types from a variety of individuals or even species, could be used to determine such evolutionary pathways via the use of latent space exploration.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 March 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 April 2024
Published date: 8 April 2024
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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Deep learning, emotions, evolution, latent space, laughter, social behavior, tickling
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Local EPrints ID: 489091
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489091
ISSN: 1942-0889
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