Comedians are shyer than most other people, claims a new study.
"I guess the stage gives them the opportunity to be what they want to be and may not necessarily represent their daily-life personalities," New Scientist quoted Gil Greengross, an anthropologist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, as saying.
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The 60-question test gauged the "big five" classic personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.
The comedians rated their agreement with statements such as "I think it's interesting to develop new hobbies", "At times I have felt bitter and resentful", and "Poetry has little or no effect on me".
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On average, the professional comics scored highly on openness to new experience compared with students, yet lower than comedy writers.
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"The fact is that a lot of the time they spend by themselves. They also travel a lot. That might explain why they do have introverted personalities," said Greengross, who performed the study as part of a dissertation on the evolutionary value of humour.
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