Sophie Scott

Sophie Scott is a neuroscientist and stand-up comedienne.

TED Speaker Bio
"As deputy director of the University College London's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Sophie Scott seeks out the neurological basis of communication, whether it's speech or vocalized emotion. As a pioneering researcher in the science of laughter, she's made some unexpected discoveries -- including that rats are ticklish, and that the one tactic that's almost guaranteed to get someone to laugh is to show them someone else laughing. But as an occasional stand-up comedian with UCL's Bright Club, she shows that she's no slouch at getting laughs herself." – Source: TED

Talks

 * Sophie Scott: Why we laugh (March 2015)

TED Links

 * Endgame: A recap of the emotional final session of TED2015 by Kate Torgovnick May, Thu-Huong Ha and Cynthia Betubiza (March 20, 2015), TED Blog

Additional Resources

 * Twitter