Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?

Stefano Mammola, Diego Fontaneto, Andrea Santangeli, Krista Natasha Oswald, Ricardo Correia, Melissa B. Meierhofer, Vanessa De Santis, Victoria Stout

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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3000
Published: 2026-03-18
Container: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society
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@article{allodium:10.1098/rspb.2025.3000,
  title = {Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?},
  author = {Stefano Mammola and Diego Fontaneto and Andrea Santangeli and Krista Natasha Oswald and Ricardo Correia and Melissa B. Meierhofer and Vanessa De Santis and Victoria Stout},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2025.3000},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3000}
}

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TI  - Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?
AU  - Stefano Mammola
AU  - Diego Fontaneto
AU  - Andrea Santangeli
AU  - Krista Natasha Oswald
AU  - Ricardo Correia
AU  - Melissa B. Meierhofer
AU  - Vanessa De Santis
AU  - Victoria Stout
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JO  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.2025.3000
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Mammola, S., Fontaneto, D., Santangeli, A., Oswald, K. N., Correia, R., Meierhofer, M. B., Santis, V. D., & Stout, V. (2026). Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3000

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