Sophie Scott
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374 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 2 Jul
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But I think the other thing that's true is if you remember that laughter doesn't happen randomly.
Laughter happens when you're in certain social situations.
And people won't laugh if they're feeling really uncomfortable, even if they're with other people.
And they won't laugh if they're feeling very kind of exposed or like they're on show.
So one of the easiest ways to get people to stop laughing is to get them into the lab and say, now laugh.
They just don't do it.
They won't do it.
So I think it's possible that people who are happier laugh more.
It's also possible that people who laugh more are happier.
The direction of causality is probably more like a virtuous circle, both affects the other.
But all of it's only possible because of the people that you're laughing with.
That's going to be affecting your mood as well.
I can remember when I was a child,
My father was a salesman and he was very good at using laughter socially.
He was funny and people liked him because he was funny and he would make people laugh.
He was a funny, witty man.
But I used to genuinely worry that people were buying... He sold carpets.
I was really worried that people would end up buying more carpets than they wanted to because...
He was making them laugh.
But I noticed even from a young age that he laughed completely differently when he was with his friends, mostly female friends.
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