The Big Idea
The Big Idea
BBC World Service
Why do we laugh?
10 minutes Posted Sep 12, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
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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.

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