362 | Who’s Laughing Now?

Maggie Prenger is a student in the MD-PhD program. In this episode Maggie tells Claire Bottini and Ariel Frame about her research plans studying humour processing in Parkinson’s disease patients. Listen in to find out what parts of the brain are involved in this disease, why patients watching Seinfeld in a scanner might teach us more about them, and all about humour generally.

To hear more from Maggie, check her out on Twitter @maggie_prenger

Recorded on February 15, 2022.

Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.

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