Why do children laugh?

Why is laughter so important for a child’s development? What makes children laugh and what happens to their brain and body? Children’s author, Michael Rosen and Professor Sophie Scott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL join us to discuss.

13 November 2018

4 minutes

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Woman's Hour—Children and laughter, Lynsey Addario, Sikh divorce

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