Sophie Scott
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Sophie is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, studying the neural basis of vocal communication. She hosted the 2017 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture and is one half of the popular science podcast The Neuromantics.
Recent articles by Sophie Scott
How to speak so people actually want to listen
Do you just need to be more interesting? A psychologist explains how to make people listen to what you have to say

Sophie Scott | “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us”
In the Love and Laughter episode of Sick of It, Karl Pilkington’s character can’t laugh – perhaps he needs to find someone to laugh with…
