I would really like to see those studies, and a link would be great. Our company is on Slack and while we all work hard, we take some time during the day to spontaneously crack jokes and send interesting articles around.
I can't speak for everyone in the group, but I feel a little recharged after a flurry of funny gifs or esoteric programming jokes.
I tried to Google them up before I posted, but I couldn't come up with specific-enough Google terms in the sea of "social". It's been on HN recently; HN being what it is, keep your eye out, it'll roll around again in the next few months.
I can't speak for everyone in the group, but I feel a little recharged after a flurry of funny gifs or esoteric programming jokes.