Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Humor Us
52 minutes Posted Apr 19, 2021 at 8:40 pm.
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Hahaha! The average four-year-old child laughs 300 times a day. By contrast, it takes more than two months for the average 40-year-old adult to laugh that many times. This week, we talk with behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker of Stanford University about why so many of us fall off a “humor cliff” as we become adults. Plus, how we can inject more laughter into our lives, even during the most difficult of times.