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World Service,12 Sep 2020,9 mins

Why do we laugh?

The Big Idea

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There are thousands of academic papers about depression. There are, in comparison, virtually none about laughter. We’ve been talking to a leading expert on laughter – who argues that we should take it more seriously. Picture Credit: Tim Robberts/Getty

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