article_snippet: The University of Miami researchers quizzed more than 80 men and women about how much importance The University of Miami researchers placed on having a partner who could make The University of Miami researchers laugh.
article_snippet: The University of Miami researchers were also asked how much it mattered to The University of Miami researchers whether The University of Miami researchers partner found The University of Miami researchers funny.
article_snippet: In a second experiment, the volunteers were given hypothetical amounts of money to 'spend' on designing the volunteers ideal partner.
article_snippet: the volunteers were asked how much of the cash the volunteers'd be willing to spend on getting someone who made the volunteers laugh and how much the volunteers'd devote to getting someone who laughed at the volunteers jokes.
highlights_snippet: University of Miami researchers quizzed more than 80 men and women .