Why Do We Clap?

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All music by Jake Chudnow: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow

Really neat Grand Illusions video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IYQntl9C0

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

Loudest clap: http://www.guinnessworldrecord....s.com/records-2000/l

Fastest clap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z571ByeNbPQ

WEsauce: http://www.youtube.com/wesauce

My video on 'the friendzone': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGK2KprU-To

Driftless Pony Club (band from concert footage): http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/
Driftless Pony Club (VidCon concert footage): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrJ8X5epRaA

clapping speed, clap frequency, and recognizing claps: http://web.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0585.pdf

how "The Clapper" works: http://home.howstuffworks.com/clapper1.htm

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

unpitched percussion instruments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U....npitched_percussion_

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

resources on clapping:

http://www.theatlantic.com/tec....hnology/archive/2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/clappers.shtml
http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.e....du/proceedings/2003/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N....onverbal_communicati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applause
http://www.slate.com/articles/....news_and_politics/ex

sudden clarity: http://weknowmemes.com/wp-cont....ent/uploads/2012/06/

crowd influence on applause: http://rsif.royalsocietypublis....hing.org/content/10/

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

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

clapping and babies: http://www.livestrong.com/arti....cle/184570-baby-deve

cocooning links:

http://www.merriam-webster.com..../dictionary/cocoonin
http://www.usatoday.com/story/....tech/personal/2013/0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocooning

lazy_joe_ tweet: https://twitter.com/lazy_joe_/....status/3518937878926

how many times has Vanna White clapped? http://www.omg-facts.com/Celeb....s/Wheel-Of-Fortunes-