Your brain on Stand up: How humour activates the brain in surprising ways Comedy & Cognition is real

Опубликовано: 19 Июль 2026
на канале: Listen Learn Stand-up & Speak
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Ah-Ha, I get it & Ha-ha, I get it! is there a connection between Laughter & Learning?
Stand-up comedy exercises & activates areas of the brain relating to social emotional understanding, social-cultural comprehension, logic construction and recall.


Intro: (00:00)
Interaction is key: (00:05)
Linking 'Ah ha' with 'Ha ha' (00:17)
Comedy activates the brain: (00:42)
End: (01:04)

Find out more: https://bit.ly/33JrAWZ

Recorded at 'Comedy & the Classroom' seminar, May 2019: https://bit.ly/2P3gVRY

Credits to:
Brunel University London: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/
Centre for Comedy Studies Research: https://bit.ly/2OEdh1K
Brunel media relations - Joe Buchanum https://bit.ly/2ODzw86
(read the news article here: https://bit.ly/37WxS9h )

Special thanks to the
Event coordinators:
Sharon Lockyer, Anne Chappell, Simon Weaver

Panelists:
Dr Lee Campbell
Hannah Ballou
Fintan Clear
Shazia Mirza
Martin Billingham

Discover the connection between pedagogy and performance through research into Oracy, Dialogic Education & Applied Theatre studies.

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