Sophie Scott

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

Sophie is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, studying the neural basis of vocal communication. She hosted the 2017 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture and is one half of the popular science podcast The Neuromantics.

Sophie Scott | “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us”

In the Love and Laughter episode of Sick of It, Karl Pilkington’s character can’t laugh – perhaps he needs to find someone to laugh with…