Laughter: The Best Medicine
Episode 46 min 19s

Laughter: The Best Medicine

From Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
If you listen closely to giggles, guffaws, and polite chuckles, you can discern a huge amount of information about people and their relationships with each other. This week, we talk with neuroscientist Sophie Scott about the many shades of laughter, from cackles of delight among close friends to the "canned" mirth of TV laugh tracks.

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