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Hansard to 4 November 2026 · 31,174 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Prof Shelia Kennison: no licensed photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Prof Shelia Kennison
expert on the cognitive effects of humour
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press citation on 1 topic since 17 Sept 2026 · last quoted 17 Sept 2026
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Prof Shelia Kennison: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- expert on the cognitive effects of humour
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 17 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Prof Shelia Kennison sits on dementia
Ranked 78= of 462 voices quoted in the press on dementia, level with 384 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Eric SchmidtAcademicResearch Associate Professor (Laboratory of Molecular Biology); also named as scientific reviewer of ALZinfo.org articles for the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, The Rockefeller University (New York); reviewer credit given as Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation at The Rockefeller University10
- 2Hilary Evans-Newton CBESector leaderChief Executive, Alzheimer's Research UK8
- 3Prof Jonathan SchottAcademicProfessor of Neurology, Dementia Research Centre; Chief Medical Officer, Alzheimer's Research UK, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology7
- 78=Dr Kailas RobertsClinicianpsychiatrist and author of Mind Your Brain1
- 78=Elizabeth KensingerAcademicProfessor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College1
- 78=Prof Shelia KennisonAcademicexpert on the cognitive effects of humour1
- 78=Dr Jenna SmithAcademicUniversity of Sydney's school of public health1
- 78=Jonathan SingerAcademicPh.D., director of the TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging Memory Clinic1
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05 On the record · press
What Prof Shelia Kennison has said
By outlet · linked articles
- sciencefocus.com1
Where Prof Shelia Kennison has been quoted
- 016 science-backed ways to protect and improve your memorysciencefocus.com · 17 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“physiological arousal increases when we experience a strong humour response. The brain changes occur because the humorous content is usually a bit surprising, unexpected and then funny, which leads to a pleasure response involving dopamine and the pleasure centres of the brain.”
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