There was a video recently that corroborates this, I thought it was TED talks, but apparently I was mistaken: http://www.upworthy.com/no-one-applauds-this-woma

There was a video recently that corroborates this, I thought it was TED talks, but apparently I was mistaken: http://www.upworthy.com/no-one-applauds-this-woman-because-theyre-too-creeped-out-at-themselves-to-put-their-hands-together http://www.upworthy.com/no-one-applauds-this-woman-because-t... Everything from marketing right down to product chemistry is manipulated to keep us coming back.