What's So Funny?
This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg
English - February 26, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 132 ratingsLife Sciences Science Health & Fitness science health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Delve into a comedian's brain to discover what makes people laugh -- and when the comic is also a neuroscientist, it's no joke! Dr. Ori Amir studies what goes on in the brain as jokes are born, and he's also learned how to “get out of his head” to write some pretty funny stuff. Be afraid: He is working on using artificial intelligence to come up with new puns to make us groan.