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Radio 6 Music,4 mins

Professor Sophie Scott: Why We Laugh

Mary Anne Hobbs

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Neuroscientist Sophie Scott explains the science behind why we laugh, as part of a series of interviews we are running to tie in with the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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