How Laughter is Good for Your Brain with Professor Sophie Scott
Professor Sophie Scott CBE wants to tickle your neurons! The Director of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL is an author, TED talker, and stand-up aficionado who's spent her career investigating the power of a good knee-slapper, and what exactly happens when we laugh.On today's Braincare Podcast, we explore laughter, one of the most powerful non-verbal expressions of emotion, and why it's about a lot more than humour. Sophie shares insights on stress-induced laughter, what it can tell you about the state of your relationships, and why we rarely laugh alone.We talk about: Your brain on comedy What is laughter really a physiological response to? Darwin's thoughts on laughter Why do we laugh less on our own? Why Roman jokes are so terrible Where is your brain's ticklish bit?