Professor Sophie Scott of University College London studies cognitive neuroscience of human communication. She is well-known for her TED Talk called, "Why We Laugh." We asked her to explain the ...

Researchers found both the machine learning model and human test subjects were particularly adept at identifying tickling laughter. “Listeners can accurately discern tickling-induced laughter ...

The purpose of the laugh, anthropologically, is to convey friendliness, cooperation and an absence of hostility. It is a form ...

Professor Sophie Scott, the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, has found that human laughter isn't solely a joyous sound. Laughter can be deceptive, playing a crucial ...

and whether humour and laughter are uniquely human traits. Joining the panel are experts in what makes us chuckle, Prof Sophie Scott and Professor Richard Wiseman. Laughter is older than language ...

Researchers at Caltech have calculated how fast the human brain processes information — and the number turned out to be hilariously low. As detailed in a new study published in the journal ...