`` Real laughter was much less ambiguous than posed laughter -- if someone is really laughing hard , it 's easy to understand what they are doing . '' Meet Sophie Scott , the ` ` standup comedian '' uncovering what makes us laugh . The brain reacts differently to real and posed laughter . Speech at Kate Lovelace Day , female scientist believed to be first computer scientist . Laughter not confined to humans -- chimpanzees , orangutangs , and even elephants laugh .
Meet Sophie Scott , the ` ` standup comedian '' uncovering what makes us laugh . The brain reacts differently to real and posed laughter . Speech at Kate Lovelace Day , female scientist believed to be first computer scientist . Laughter not confined to humans -- chimpanzees , orangutangs , and even elephants laugh .