CCB explore 'Neuroscience of Laughter'

On Friday 9 June 2023, St Edmund Hall’s Centre for the Creative Brain (CCB) was delighted to welcome the Oxford Imps, Oxford’s premiere improvised comedy troupe and Professor Sophie Scott, cognitive neuroscientist at University College London at their latest event “The Neuroscience of Laughter”.

The evening started with a 30-minute interactive performance from the Oxford Imps that had the audience in stitches! The only Neuroscientist who could follow such an act was Professor Sophie Scott, giving a fascinating (and hilarious) academic account of the neuroscience behind human vocal communication, including the communication of emotion through laughter. A very successful evening!

With many thanks to St Edmund Hall, Professor Charlotte Stagg, Fellow by Special Election in Neuroscience and the student-led Centre for the Creative Brain committee for making this public engagement event possible.

If you are interested in joining the CCB committee, please contact: camille.lasbareilles@seh.ox.ac.uk. No prior experience in public engagement required and all students from any academic background are welcome!