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Radio 4,3 mins

Why do children laugh?

Woman's Hour

Available for over a year

Why is laughter so important for a child’s development? What makes children laugh and what happens to their brain and body? Children’s author, Michael Rosen and Professor Sophie Scott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL join us to discuss.

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