article_snippet.sent: Brain scans on a group of professional comedians has revealed differences in the way the brains of these 'super speakers' work while talking.
article_snippet.sent: Compared to the less silver tongued among us, the super speakers – which also included a barrister and a radio presenter – showed less activity in a key area of his brain involved articulating and comprehending speech.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Joe Devlin, a neuroscientist at University College London, told the Guardian: 'The fact that Dr Joe Devlin, a neuroscientist at University College London show less activity there reflects the fact that Dr Joe Devlin, a neuroscientist at University College London simply find speech less effortful
article_snippet.sent: Dr Devlin and Devlin colleagues used magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brains of 17 professional comedians, a radio presenter and barrister.
article_snippet.sent: Super speakers were found to have less activity in Broca's region of the brain, shown in the image above .
article_snippet.sent: The study revealed that the same areas of the brain were activated when both the comedians and the students were speaking.
article_snippet.sent: However, the comedians and other super speakers showed lower levels of activity in an area of the brain known as Broca's region.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists at University College London took MRI scans of comedians, barristers and radio hosts while barristers and radio hosts talked non stop for 30 seconds .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: barristers and radio hosts had lower activity in key language centre of the brain than students .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It suggests 'super speakers' require less effort to talk than other people .