Funny Science

title What Makes Us Laugh?
description "'With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die,' Abraham Lincoln once said. Why do we laugh? What emotions are generated in the brain by a funny situation?" Discussion on laughter and the brain.
producer European Dana Alliance for the Brain
featuring Mark Stevenson, Dr. Harry Witchel, Prof. Richard Fracowiak
format WMV
date 29/11/2006
length 01:30:00 approx
level general
link http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/2006/11/29/197
direct video link mms://ms.groovygecko.net/groovyg/clients/nmsi/dana/Edab/29Nov06.wmv

Tags: webcast brain neuropsychology laughter