According to a study by an Oxford University experimental psychologist group dances and memes like Gangnam Style, the Macarena, and YMCA make us feel good because we are socially connected. Actually, it doesn’t take a lot of research to deduce that people feel good when they do these dances; all you have to do is to see the enthusiasm with which people—especially men—jump up and race to the dance floor to strut their stuff. And apparently the more ridiculous the dance, the better you feel, which accounts for the popularity of the Chicken Dance.