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Laughter On The Brain

March 12, 2014 Uncategorized
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Hour 2: Humor and our reaction to it begins in our brains. So why does that reaction also manifest itself in the physical form of laughter? We’ll find out this hour with cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems. His new book is Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why (Basic Books).

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