Why Do We Clap?

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All music by Jake Chudnow:    / jakechudnow  

Really neat Grand Illusions video:    • Atomic Trampoline  

Grand Illusions (site): http://www.grand-illusions.com/

Loudest clap: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/r...

Fastest clap:    • WORLD'S FASTEST CLAPPER (802 claps in...  

WEsauce:    / wesauce  

My video on 'the friendzone':    • The Science of the Friend Zone  

Driftless Pony Club (band from concert footage): http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/
Driftless Pony Club (VidCon concert footage):    • Driftless Pony Club VidCon 2013 "Man ...  

clapping speed, clap frequency, and recognizing claps: http://web.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/...

how "The Clapper" works: http://home.howstuffworks.com/clapper...

BPM counter: http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

unpitched percussion instruments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpitche...

steven connor on clapping: http://www.stevenconnor.com/clapping/

resources on clapping:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/c...
http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proc...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverba...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applause
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_an...

sudden clarity: http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/upl...

crowd influence on applause: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.or...

claques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claque

"My Life in a Claque" New Yorker 1944 article: http://www.josephwechsberg.com/pdfs/1...

clapping and babies: http://www.livestrong.com/article/184...

cocooning links:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/pe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocooning

lazy_joe_ tweet:   / 351893787892649984  

how many times has Vanna White clapped? http://www.omg-facts.com/Celebs/Wheel...